It was written by an 8 year old, of Chula Vista, CA, for his
third grade homework assignment. The assignment was to explain
God. Wonder if any of us could do as well???
EXPLAIN GOD
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 beside 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 O.K."
"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 help you
because they got it worked out so one of them is on duty all the
time." "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 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."
-Danny