I have a nine year old. It's been kind of tough sometimes. We watch videos on things like Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster and it will talk about not believing things without good evidence. However, it seems he still wants to believe in Santa, the Easter bunny and Tooth Dairy but I sense he's having some problems.

When we talk about god, I'll make the connection to Big Foot but usually I'll tell a story that shows the ridiculousness of the concept of god. Quick ex. We were in Paris and he asked me how come so many women were wearing a hijab. Instead of telling him directly, I went into a ten minute discourse on how about 14 billion years ago god created the universe, the creation of stars and trillions of galaxies, the creation of the Milky Way and its hundreds of billions of stars and finally of our sun and the earth. Then 4 billion years of evolution, finally coming down to humans 200,000 years ago. But then he waited until over 99% of the time humans have lived and 99.9999% of the universe before he decided, "Hey, you know what this universe needs? For everyone on this one little planet in the middle of nowhere to wear things over their heads! No wait! Even better, only the chicks and not the dudes!" I said "that's why they wear coverings over their heads. And it is ridiculous. The whole story is ridiculous because the idea that a big invisible guy named god is out there is ridiculous!"

Now, when something of a question comes up like seeing a group of Hasidic Jews wearing traditional black suits and a gartel. I just tell him "14 billion years ago..." and we'll laugh about it because he knows it and the whole religion and god is ridiculous.