A friend sent me this & I thought that some of you might enjoy it . . . Nancy
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      "EXPLAIN GOD"

>Written by Danny Dutton, age 8, from Chula Vista, California, for his
>third grade homework assignment to "Explain God."
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>"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."
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>"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."
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>"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."
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>"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."
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>"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."
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>"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."
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>"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."
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>"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."
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>"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."
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>"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 times."
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>"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."
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>"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
>go to camp, but God can."
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>"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."
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>"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."
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>"And that's why I believe in God."
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