"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
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 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."
"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."
"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."