Kids draw the Darwinest things

by Steve Douglas

August 19th, 2012 | 1 Comment

My four-year-old was given this worksheet in Sunday School posing the first question in the Westminster Shorter Catechism for Children. The answer (“God”, duh!) was supposed to be written on the line within the cloud…a shape that my daughter somehow visualized as a sock monkey’s head.

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Answer: My ape-like ancestors God

Despite appearances, my daughter was not actually trying to make a statement in favor of common descent; I haven’t even broached that topic with her yet.

But I can’t help dreading some sticky questions coming from her PCA Sunday School teachers if they inferred the same thing I did!

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August 19th, 2012

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  • jonathanrobinson

    love it!