This was written by an 8 year old from Chula Vista, CA,
for his third grade homework assignment. The assignment was
to 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 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."
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