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[Fwd: [Fwd: FW: An 8-year old's view]]
Tom Bingaman (tbing19@IDT.NET)
Fri, 22 May 1998 08:52:48 -0700
Gang,
>From a friend.
Sam Mitchell wrote:
>
> Subject: FW: An 8-year old's view
> Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 14:35:05 -0700
> From: "Johnson, Edwin D" <Edwin.Johnson@PSS.Boeing.com>
> To: "'jean'" <SamnJean@foxinternet.net>
> This was written by an 8 year old and published inthe paper in Sa Diego....
>
>
> "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 the 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 the 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 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 so 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.
>
> 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 on Sunday, because it makes God happy, and if there's anyone
> you want
> to make happy...it is 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 your 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 anytimes He pleases.
>
> And thats why I believe in God.">>
--
YiS
Tom Bingaman tbing19@idt.net
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