| This was written by an 8 year old from
Chula Vista, CA, for his third grade homework assignment,
which was to explain God.
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
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