{"id":4641,"date":"2026-05-05T15:25:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=4641"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:26:55","slug":"did-you-think-he-was-kidding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2026\/05\/05\/did-you-think-he-was-kidding\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Think He Was Kidding?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Did You Think He Was Kidding?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I Quote
\nJesus,
\nfrom The Big Black Book,
\nI\u2019ll Use an Asterisk
\nand Say<\/p>\n

*\u201cI Hope He Actually
\nSaid This,
\nBecause
\nI Love It,\u201d . . .<\/p>\n

to Wit,<\/p>\n

\u201cIf You Want To
\nTruly Be
\nIn Heaven,
\nBecome
\nLike a Kid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Am I Stretching Things
\nTo Say
\nThis Must Mean
\nThe Being of
\nLove and Light,
\nJoy and Laughter
\nSome Call
\n\u201cGod\u201d
\nIs Actually . . .<\/p>\n

A Big Kid?<\/p>\n

It Follows,
\nDoesn\u2019t It?<\/p>\n

The Creator,
\nThe Maker of
\nAll That Is,<\/p>\n

Is Playful and Curious,
\nLoves a Good Joke,
\n(Just Look Around)
\nand
\nHas Little Inclination
\nTo Be All Serious
\nIn the Way That\u2019s
\nRequired
\nTo Be All Judgmental
\nand Such.<\/p>\n

In Fact,
\nIt Might Be Said
\nHe (She) Just Wants
\nTo Play With You!<\/p>\n

Did You Think
\nJesus
\nWas Kidding?<\/p>\n

(Photo from the Movie, \u201cDogma.\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Did You Think He Was Kidding? When I Quote Jesus, from The Big Black Book, I\u2019ll Use an Asterisk and Say *\u201cI Hope He Actually Said This, Because I Love It,\u201d . . . to Wit, \u201cIf You Want To Truly Be In Heaven, Become Like a Kid.\u201d Am I Stretching Things To Say […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-sayin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4641"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4644,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4641\/revisions\/4644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}