“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 parents’ 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 our town. 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 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 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 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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Written by Danny Dutton, Age 8, for his third grade homework assignment(in
1999)