[koan]

Some people will want their children to continue the same belief system that they hold and the answers to the child's question will be easy, or they can ask their spiritual leader (minister, preacher, guru etc) how to answer the question. For anyone that is either unsure of their belief system or individualistic about it (believing that religion is a personal experience, different for everyone) they should encourage the child to explore all the different answers that exist and come to their own conclusions.

Myself, I believe that children have more insight into where we come from and what we are as it hasn't been as long since they were unmanifest. It's one of the areas in which, I believe, the child can acquire a better answer than the adult.

This particular question shows the perceptual problem that occurs once we are in human form. We frame our questions about the creative force in a way that asks for an answer that falls within our perceptions of time and space. It is well known that human perception is limited. Dog whistles are a simple example. Why we think the answer to our spiritual questions can be found in a way that makes sense to our limited perceptions is quite a mystery to me.

That's a long version of saying the idea that God is manifest is quite funny to me and that I answered all my daughters religious questions by giving her a multitude of answers from different religions and encouraged her to find the answer herself.