Dinosaurs and Jesus

Last night we saw Walking with Dinosaurs – the Arena Spectacular. Very cool. I’ll post some videos later today.

While at the show, I had some interesting conversations with Aidan. While watching a pteradon fly, Aidan told me that he would stay on Dinosaur Island.

A: Wait – it’s all dinosaur island.

[pauses for a minute]

A: Mom- am I correct that the entire planet was dinosaurs? (yes, he really said “am I correct?”)

Me: Yes, there were only dinosaurs at that time.

A: So there were dinosaurs… and then they died…. And then God made humans?

Me: Um….. Yes.

Decided to save the discussion of creationism vs evolution for another day J

During the show they also portrayed “the End” as a big asteroid hitting the Earth. Aidan said, “So an asteroid killed the dinosaurs?” I told him that it was one of the theories that people had about what happened to the dinosaurs.

A: Well, do you know what happened?

Me: No, nobody knows for sure what happened

A: Uh-huh, Jesus knows. He knows everything. He knows everybody’s names and when babies will be born.

Apparently watching Dinosaurs was a religious experience for Aidan. We had several more of these conversations throughout the show.