So my little cousin became an atheist at the age of 9...and it amazed me
Now before i start this story, i feel that somethings need to be pointed out. This story is not intended to offend anyone or ridicule them because of their beliefs. I personally don’t care about what anyone believes in nor do i care to debate with anyone about their beliefs or what they were taught.
This is just a simple story that simply shows how some curious kids can break down certain idea’s with basic questions.
So awhile ago i had to babysit my little cousin while my aunt and uncle went out to go buy some new furniture. My little cousin went to this catholic school and today she had some questions that i was just simply not prepared for.
Nyla: *looking down at her homework* Hey Tae.. I have a question..
Nyla: If we’re all God’s children and we’re all equal. What makes Jesus so special?
Me: Well the bible says that Jesus died for our sins. That’s what makes him special
Nyla: No i get that. But he was already special before he died.
Nyla: *still looking down, doing her homework* Well in class they said that Jesus was human just like us, but he was the only person that had super powers..
Nyla: Like he was born different too. Like he was put into his mothers belly by an Angel
Nyla: Were you put in your mom by an Angel?
Nyla: Right, so from the very beginning he was already different.
Me trying to be Clever: Well you know they say we’re all Angels in our own way, sooo it’s not that different
Nyla stops doing her homework.. she puts her pen down.. and stares me dead in my eye’s and says, in the most serious tone ever with a little bit of sass:
Nyla: Your mom and dad are not Angles Tae. They are regular people just like everyone else.
Me trying to act like that didn’t lowkey hurt: You right, you right..
Nyla: *picks up her pen and goes back to doing her homework* Right but that’s not all
Nyla: Jesus could heal incurable diseases just by touching people, and feed a whole village with just a few pieces of bread and a fish
Nyla: Can yoouuuu feed a village of people with just bread and a fish, while also curing a bunch of sick people by touching them
Nyla: Right because you’re just a regular person and not special at all and you would die from touching those sick people just like everyone else.
Me officially hurt on the inside: Yup you right… i ain’t that special..
Nyla: So how come God gave Jesus super powers and made him special and not the rest of us
Nyla: That doesn’t sound like equal and fair love to me.
Me at a loss for words: Well um… ya see.. umm..
Nyla: and another thing. wouldn’t it be better if Jesus didn’t have any powers?
Nyla: Like people only followed him because they saw what he did with his powers..
Nyla: If someone only follows you because of what they actually SAW you do.. doesn’t that go against having faith in someone and create bias followers?
Me: Well.. Jesus had to prove himself in order to convince people..
Nyla: ok so why does God or “Jeeesus” (She literally does finger quotes) expect us to have faith in him now, when we needed proof back then?
Nyla: All we have now are these old books and they don’t even have pictures in them
Nyla: and one more thing. If God knows everything and can do anything, then why does he let bad people continue to do bad things?
Nyla: If God loves us and can do anything then why wouldn’t he stop bad things from happening to people everyday?
Nyla: I think God just lets bad things happen to people just so we can have a reason to talk to him.
Me: I mean.. i don’t have anything to say to that honestly
Nyla: Yea my teacher didn’t say anything too different from what you said..
Me: You wanna go get some ice cream?
Nyla: *puts her pen down and hops up* Sure
It amazes me how much a child’s brain can debunk or poke holes into beliefs or traditions that we’ve held onto for centuries. This whole conversation just felt like an extreme game of chess where any bs move would be thrown out. Now i personally don’t care too much about religion altogether. I think all religions have great lessons to learn from, good and bad; So I've never been someone to pick any particular religion and say whose right or whose wrong based off stories and feelings. So i definitely wasn’t the best person to try to sway her mindset.
But the fact that she was able to logically and basically philosophically discover her own answers just from critical thinking at such a young age is something that just amazes me; And i feel that we should all do more of it no matter the subject or topic.
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