Well that is nice to know, I've been classed by his parents, laughingly btw, as a "Corruptive Influence" on my nephew, Henry....LOL.
Whilst out at the Shopping Complex this morning doing usual Grocery shopping, etc, I met up with Henry and his parents.
As I had already bought his xmas pressies earlier, I was 'begged LOL' by his parents to keep him busy while they did their shopping for his xmas pressies.
I did and after about 15 minutes Henry says to me, " You know I'm as dry as a stone, really thirsty, can we get a milkshake please?"
How can anyone say No to such a thirsty child, so off went to the Cafe, got 2 milkshakes, found a table outside and sat down.
About 5-6 minutes later, along comes a local, well known God-botherer preaching to everyone about, you guessed it, Jeebus Chrust, Xmas and the other garbage as well.
He comes up to Henry and says to him, " Do you know Christmas means?"
Henry smiles and winks at me then answers, Yes, lots of present and Father Christmas comes at night and brings them to me."
God-botherer looks at Henry ands says, "No, Father Christmas is Jesus dressed up, he brings gifts so you can help celebrate His birthday."
7 year old Henry looks God-botherer straight in the eyes, frowns and says extremely loudly, " Get out of it, do you think I'm silly or something, Jesus is rubbish, my Uncle says so, I trust my Uncle because he always tells me the truth, you're a liar."
Then, I saw our 'audience' standing behind the God-botherer, Henry's Mum and Dad trying their very hardest to keep a straight face and muffle their laughter.
I reckon that it's score ONE for Henry, absolute ZERO for the God-botherer.
What do you think?
As @KKGator has said, Henry is a smart kid.
I wish I had been there to watch!
Ditto!!
You're a great uncle, and Henry is a smart kid.
I try my utmost thank you, BUT, now Henry wants me to teach him everything I know, including ALL the truth about religion being, in his words, " complete garbage."
Blimey, here I am 67 years old and there's a 7 year old wanting to everything I've learned over all those years.
Some much to teach and pass on and so little time, where am I going to start?
@Triphid My niece tried that on me (though I was only 40 at the time). I told her that all I learned that that I know very little about the universe, but I did learn to keep looking for answers that give more questions for me to try to find answers for. It is the adult version of asking "why"