An 8 Year Old's Explanation Of God
 
    Through the mouth of a child comes wisdom.
    It 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???
  
    EXPLANATION OF 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 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."