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class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/tumblr_ncdqed2cLS1rte4mto8_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/tumblr_ncdqed2cLS1rte4mto8_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/castiel-knight-of-hell.tumblr.com\/post\/107286930829\">castiel-knight-of-hell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>this is why I\u00a0love\u00a0this joke:<\/p>\n<p>Jesus was fond of telling his followers not to worry about how they\u2019d afford food tomorrow because God would provide. But Jesus told them this while handing out free bread and encouraging them to help people who were in need, making them the outlet through which God would provide for others<\/p>\n<p>My mother was a waitress, we live in an area that has a lot of Christians and people would often stiff her on tips. Instead they\u2019d leave a pamphlet with quotes from Jesus saying not to worry because God would provide<\/p>\n<p>Jesus\u2019 message was never that God would magically put food on people\u2019s tables. God would provide opportunities to help each other, like the boat captains offering to help the dying man. That only works if people\u00a0<em>actually help each other<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When I first heard this joke as a teenager I laughed at the guy who didn\u2019t take the help that was offered to him. As an adult, I think of all the Christian politicians who vote against food stamps and I want to tell them \u201cYou were the boat captain but you steered <em>away<\/em> from the man in need instead of offering him help. Is that really what God wanted you to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>castiel-knight-of-hell: this is why I\u00a0love\u00a0this joke: Jesus was fond of telling his followers not to worry about how they\u2019d afford food tomorrow because God would provide. But Jesus told them this while handing out free bread and encouraging them to help people who were in need, making them the outlet through which God would provide &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2016\/01\/15\/castiel-knight-of-hell-this-is-why-i-love-this\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3449,299,869],"class_list":["post-9733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-extra-love-for-the-commentary","tag-love-it","tag-politics","post_format-post-format-gallery","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9744,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9733\/revisions\/9744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}