Moooooo Cow

Eating with my family is fun. Sometimes we watch DVDs of great shows (like The Cosby Show) and other times we just sit around the table and eat. We always eat breakfast at the table, and some interesting things are said.

One thing I have learned at that table is that my 2-year-old daughter is smarter than many people who hold major degrees.

How do I know that? By the answer she gives to a simple question.

We have some glasses we use for drinking juice. On those glasses are pictures of animals. There are cows, geese and pigs. When she sees the animal, she always says what it is.

After that, we always have two follow-up questions. The first is, “What does the ___ say?” She loves her animal sounds, and is especially fond of the “mooooooo” for a cow.

Then, we ask another question: “Who made the cows?”

Pause for a second. Can you imagine this conversation taking place at the table of an atheist? The conversation might go something like this:

Parent: Son, what is that?

Son: Cow!

Parent: Great! What does the cow say?

Son: Mooooo!!!

Parent: Right! Now, who made the cow?

Son: Dad, don’t you know that cows developed over millions of years from lower life forms along the evolutionary chain? They are simply the result of time and chance resulting from slime deciding to crawl out of a pit somewhere; as are we humanoids.

Quite a conversation, huh? Doesn’t sound all that intelligent, does it?

How does my daughter, at age 2, show her intelligence?

When she is asked “Who made the cows?” she doesn’t have to give some long detailed answer. Her short–and correct answer–

God Did! God Did!