{"id":3926,"date":"2024-05-28T08:01:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T12:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2024-05-28T08:01:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T12:01:49","slug":"no-i-do-not-practice-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2024\/05\/28\/no-i-do-not-practice-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"No, I Do Not Practice Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Give your tithing to the people &#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230; is my motto or an organization that actually helps like the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association or even People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) instead to a church where the pastor lives in a home like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/joel-osteen-house-03-768x433-1.webp?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"433\" data-attachment-id=\"3928\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2024\/05\/28\/no-i-do-not-practice-religion\/joel-osteen-house-03-768x433-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/joel-osteen-house-03-768x433-1.webp?fit=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"joel-osteen-house-03-768&amp;#215;433-1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Joel Osteen&amp;#8217;s Houston Home&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Joel Osteen&amp;#8217;s Houston Home&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/joel-osteen-house-03-768x433-1.webp?fit=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/joel-osteen-house-03-768x433-1.webp?resize=768%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3928\" style=\"width:654px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/joel-osteen-house-03-768x433-1.webp?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/joel-osteen-house-03-768x433-1.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Joel Osteen&#8217;s Houston Home<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And &#8216;NO&#8217; I am not atheist nor agnostic. I believe in GOD but also believe HE wanted us to help everyone not some quick tongue talking individual living high off the hog off the masses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And please don&#8217;t get me into the &#8216;political&#8217; ramifications between &#8216;church and state.&#8217;  However, I will say this, they should be taxed like everyone else.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I pray, I ask for forgiveness when needed, read the Bible and do my best being a good human and I&#8217;m good with that and believe HE is too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>You can find my sites at Linktree&nbsp;and if you enjoy my writings, please consider hitting that cup of coffee and making a donation. Thank you!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/rickollie\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/rickollie<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-blogging-prompt jetpack-blogging-prompt\"><div class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__label\">Daily writing prompt<\/div><div class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__text\">Do you practice religion?<\/div><div class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-gravatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f5e326d786b893a0aaddbb0843ed0c5f95b726aca37b80ad66e56a3a6fa8382?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-gravatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a05be3bbe53f40361d970c2eecc2cdfa99256b5a53fc6f4b0c2744dd364a821c?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-gravatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/88dafc3c623c0681db42129818c48aa28bb6793fffe3cc1ec18f3328458d8d73?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\"\/><a class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/tag\/dailyprompt-1952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noreferrer noopener\">View all responses<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; please don&#8217;t get me into the &#8216;political&#8217; ramifications between &#8216;church and state.&#8217; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":91886495,"featured_media":3928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Do you practice Religion? 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