Better job than I could do. A Little Boy's Explanation of God --

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   OLYHOOCHposted 14 years ago

   THIS IS FABULOUS!!!
   
   It was written by an 8-year-old named Danny Dutton, who lives in Chula Vista , CA . He wrote it for his third grade homework assignment, to 'explain God.' I wonder if any of us could have done as well?
   [ .... and h...e had such an assignment, in California , and someone published it, I guess miracles do happen ! ... ]
   
   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 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 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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   CASE1WORKERposted 14 years ago

   wonderful!

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   safiq ali patelposted 14 years ago

   Well this simplistic post very funny and yet quite profound. It highlights all the things that we think are wrong with god. It expresses all the feelings of a young child towards god and it is funny yet meaningful to read. Thank you for posting ths.

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   lrohnerposted 14 years ago

   I use Edweirdo's forum filter to block the Religion forum so that I don't have to see it, so I was a bit surprised to see this post when I came onto the forum. Not sure why you chose to put this in Politics and Social Issues, but I've asked to have it moved.

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      Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hey Irohner, I reported the thread to be moved.

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      OLYHOOCHposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Sorry, I did not mean to step on anybody's toes. Just thought a little humor wouldn't hurt.
      
      Will not happen again.
      
      OLY

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         Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Hey OLY,
         
         The only thing you did wrong was miscategorize your post. Religious stuff belongs in the "religion and beliefs" forum thread.
         
         There is a add-on for Firefox and Chrome, people are using to eliminate "political" and "religion" threads from their viewing.
         
         So, just be more careful about where precisely you put your posts. That's all.

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            OLYHOOCHposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            KO,
            
            OLY

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   Flightkeeperposted 14 years ago

   I thought this was a lot of fun to read.  Thanks for posting Oly.

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   Beelzedadposted 14 years ago

   It's fairly obvious the young boy's childhood indoctrination from his parents is what is being written about in that assignment as he attempts to rationalize the magic and mystery of his parents beliefs.

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