GopperStopper2680
GopperStopper2680's JournalDear American Tax Payer: I am grateful for the meals you provide. Thank you.
Ah, hello there reader. I was hoping you would stop by. I wanted to thank you for my dinner last night. You didn't know you kept me from going hungry, did you? Well, you did.
You see, I'm a North Carolina Food and Nutritions Benefits recipient. Read Foodstamps. I depend on Foodstamps to get by. If it were not for that I would have literally nothing to eat.
You might say "Don't you mean dear 'government'?" No. I don't The Government set up the Food and Nutrition Benefits through the Department of Social Services. But it's taxpayer money that funds it. As far as I no no politician spends a single dime of his or her own private money to fund EBT benefits. (If you happen to know impirically that one of them does I urge you not to hesitate to post a link so I can post a thread thanking him or her as well.)
I'm very serious about my gratitude to those who pay their taxes and provide me with meals. This is not a joke or some tongue in cheek slight. Were it not for you ladies and gentlemen I would practically starve as would untold other Americans who are out of work or do not have enough work, or can't pay for enough food for themselves or their dependents.
I know paying taxes is a bitter pill to swallow. And I know in this country the taxpayer has little to no control over where their tax dollars go. But if it were up to me and I had the say over the little bit of taxes I pay, being unemployed, go- I'd put most of it into programs like the EBT program.
Some people reading this might be cynical enough to call people like myself that live off the public purse leechers or parasites. I'm not saying that in some cases people are not receiving public benefits who shouldn't be. It was the same with the food bundles that my church used to give out every Wednesday, which I participated in. Many of the people getting those bundles had plenty to eat. Many more did NOT. In most cases people like myself receiving public food and nutrition benefits aren't looking for a handout, just a hand up. The real parasites are the ones on Wall Street who make it necessary for American Tax dollars to feed the unemployed. Their destructive and self serving financial and economic policies have led to declines in employments for years now.
So I say to you, Sir or Madam Tax Payer: Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I appreciate the fact that because of your sacrifice, I have a little to eat each month. Please don't be uptset at myself and those like us. We're trying. In the meantime we thank you. In fact, reader-if you benefit from Foodstamps or another public service provided by the taxpayer purse and you want to express your gratitude please leave a reply with a thumbs up emote in it so everyone who reads this can see that you're grateful as I am.
Believe me when I say that Jesus was DEFINITELY NOT a Homophobe!
I wish I had one of those shirts myself. I'd wear it proudly. And just to be clear, I'm a white, male, straight Christian! But there are plenty of verses in the Bible that hold this up.
Quoting and probably paraphrasing is the most well known verse in the New Testament:
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son that whosoever should believe upon Him should not perish but should have life everlasting". It says whosoever-not the straight, white, rich people. 'Whosoever' would seem to me to include gay people as well. Then there are some other ones such as:
"For we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God', and 'Whosoever cometh unto me I shall in no wise cast out'.
Jesus was salvation. He did not turn anyone away.
Now, that having been said, The Bible also said a couple things that seem contrary UNTIL you understand what was meant, such as:
"No dogs shall enter Heaven" and "Not all who cry 'lord, lord!' shall enter Heaven. What does that mean? Well, when it says 'no dogs' it means homosexuals. BUT here's the kicker: Once you're saved you're no longer under the law. you're under GRACE! Which means you're no longer a dog. You're a saint. God no longer sees the sin. It's behind His back.
And the second one is good lesson to rich Goppers that spread this kind of hate. If 'not all who cry 'lord lord' shall enter Heaven then what happened to 'whosoever cometh unto me, I shall in no wise cast out'? Sounds pretty contradictory. But stand back and take another look. Some people cry 'lord lord' but don't mean it in their hearts. They are hypocrits. They don't really believe in God or Jesus Christ. They just want to use religion to spin doctor their public appearance. When Jesus said 'whosoever' he meant whosoever believed.
Here's one more thing for rich hypocrits to consider: Jesus said also "When ye have done until the least of these, ye have done unto me also." I'll let the meaning of that one sink in a little.
Sorry to write a novel but I thought this was important.
No disrespect but..
I think that's one of the most discriminatory and down right sexist things I've heard in quite a while. If the only thing a woman has to fear in all the world, is that I happen to be walking behind her on the street at night, she's golden. Not all men are rapists. In fact the majority of us aren't. I'm not sure you're aware of this but sexism goes both ways. It works against men also.
I'm sorry you had a bad experience with some bad men but please do not take it out on all of us.
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Name: Christopher MelvinGender: Male
Hometown: Fayetteville North Carolina
Home country: United States of America
Current location: Fayetteville NC
Member since: Fri Mar 9, 2012, 05:39 PM
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