Written by Danny Dutton, age 8, from Chula Vista, California, for his

third grade homework assignment to "Explain God."

Read on...

"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 here

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 on account of this. Since He hears everything, not only prayers,

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 parent'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, of course. 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 is 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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