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Explanation Of God
This was written by an 8 year old, Danny Dutton of Chula
Vista, CA, for his third grade homework assignment.  
The assignment was to explain God. I just wonder if any
of us could do as well???
"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 grownups, 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 or 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."