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.

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. Wonder if any of us could do as well???