Kid commentary on super colliders and origins of the universe

I was talking to the kids today about the exciting discoveries that may be happening at the Large Hadron Collider & CERN.  I tried to explain, in grade school terms, smashing atoms to find out what they are made of.  Of course, they ask why you would do that.  I replied, "to know how the universe was formed".  Noah, to my surprise, stated, "That's easy".  Shocked, I ask him to explain.  He simply stated, matter-of-factly, that "God created it".  Priceless.  We are certainly getting our money's worth from Catholic school education :).

Suddenly, I found myself caught in a difficult spot between Creationism and Science. Fortunately, I think I managed an reasonable response by stating, "Ah.  The question reallly isn't about God creating the universe, it is about HOW he created it".  Dodged.... for now. :-)

This is a priceless conversation.