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 or do
something you think will be more fun like going to the
beach. This is wrong.
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 8 year
old, Danny Dutton of Chula Vista, CA, for his third
grade homework assignment.

The assignment was to explain God.