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The God Squad: Kids ask questions about God

Rabbi Marc Gellman, Tribune Content Agency on

“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,

The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,

The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;

And a little child shall lead them.” (Isaiah 11:6)

A theologian is a person who knows more about God than we do. The key to being a great theologian is being able to ask really good questions. The very best questions I have ever been asked about God were the questions asked of me by children. I wrote down some of their questions (many were from third-graders) and will begin this week a series on kids' questions about God, along with my answers to my little students who actually turned out to be my greatest teachers.

Q: Where does God live?

 

A: God lives everywhere in nature and God lives in all people who let God into their lives. If we make good choices, God comes to live inside our souls. If we make bad choices, God cannot live in us. God always wants to live in us, but we get to decide if we want to let God in. Doing good things is the only way to let God in.

Q: Why don’t animals talk?

They do talk. Whales even sing to each other. We just don’t understand their language. If you mean “Why don’t animals speak English?” the answer is probably that if you were an animal and you knew that humans mainly want to eat you or put you in a zoo, would you have anything at all to say to them?

Q: Does God like how he made the world?

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