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"One of God's main jobs is making people. He makes them
to replace the ones that die so there will be enough people
to take care of things on earth. He doesn't make grown-ups, just babies. I think because they
are smaller and easier to make. That way, He doesn't have to take up
His valuable time teaching them to talk and walk. He can just leave that
to mothers and fathers. God's second most important job is listening to prayers. An awful lot
of this goes on, since some people, like preachers and things, pray at
times besides bedtime. God doesn't have time to listen to the radio or
TV because of this. Because He hears everything, there must be a terrible
lot of noise in His ears, unless He has thought of a way to turn it off.
God sees everything and hears everything and is everywhere which keeps
Him pretty busy. So you shouldn't go wasting His time by going over your
mom and dad's head asking for something they said you couldn't have. Atheists are people who don't believe in God. I don't think there are any
in Chula Vista. At least there aren't any who come to our church. Jesus is God's Son. He used to do all the hard work like walking on water
and performing miracles and trying to teach the people who didn't want to
learn about God. They finally got tired of Him preaching to them and they
crucified Him. But He was good and kind like His Father and He told His
Father that they didn't know what they were doing and to forgive them and
God said OK. His Dad (God) appreciated everything that He had done and all His hard work on
earth so He told Him He didn't have to go out on the road anymore, He
could stay in heaven. So He did. And now He helps His Dad out by
listening to prayers and seeing things which are important for God to take
care of and which ones He can take care of Himself without having to
bother God. Like a secretary only more important. You can pray anytime you
want and they are sure to hear you because they got it worked out so one
of them is on duty all the times. You should always go to Church on Sunday because it makes God happy, and
if there's anybody you want to make happy, it's God. Don't skip church to do
something you think will be more fun like going to the beach. This is wrong!
And, besides, the sun doesn't come out at the beach until noon anyway. If you don't believe in God, besides being an atheist, you will be very
lonely, because your parents can't go everywhere with you, like to camp,
but God can. It is good to know He's around you when you're scared in the
dark or when you can't swim very good and you get thrown into real deep
water by big kids. But you shouldn't just always think of what God can
do for you. I figure God put me here and He can take me back anytime He
pleases. And that's why I believe in God."
Written by Danny Dutton, age 8, from Chula Vista, California, third grade homework assignment to Explain God. |