Rupert’s Blog

That was the question that Toby, my 4½ year old son, asked a few nights ago, as he was feeling a little off colour.  Ah, I know the answer to that one, I thought.

"God doesn’t make you ill.  In fact, God is very sad that people get ill."  I said.  I wish I had left it there.  "When he first made the world, no-body got ill".

My first mistake.  Big mistake.

"So how did people start getting ill?" said Toby.  Good question, Toby.  Very good question.

So how would you describe to a 4½ year old about the origins of illness?

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