How to Explain God......

How to explain God was written by Danny Dutton,
age 8, from Chula Vista, California, for his third
grade homework assignment.

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 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 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.

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