Some People Ain’t Human

Based on Some People Ain’t Human by John Prine and Acts 10:9-16. This could be a response to the word or litany. Not sure who John Prine is? Check him out!

Some humans ain't human 
Some people ain't kind 

Peter went up on the roof to pray.  He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while it was being prepared he fell into a trance. He saw the heaven opened and something like a large sheet coming down, being lowered to the ground by its four corners.  

Some humans ain't human 
Some people ain't kind 
You open up their hearts 
And here's what you'll find 

A few frozen pizzas 
Some ice cubes with hair 
A broken Popsicle 
You don't want to go there 

Some humans ain't human 
Though they walk like we do 

“By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is profane or unclean.”  
 
Some humans ain't human 
Some people ain't kind 

“What God has made clean, you must not call profane.” 

Some humans ain't human 
Some people ain't kind 

You might go to church 
And sit down in a pew 
Those humans who ain't human 
Could be sittin' right next to you 
They talk about your family 
They talk about your clothes 
 

“You yourselves know that it is improper to associate with or to visit an outsider, but God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean. So when I was sent for, I came without objection” 

Jealousy and stupidity 
Don't equal harmony 

“I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every people anyone who fears him and practices righteousness is acceptable to him.  

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all.  

That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: 

 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power;  

how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil,  

for God was with him.  

We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem.  

They put him to death by hanging him on a tree,  

but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, 

not to all the people  

but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses  

and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.  

He commanded us to preach to the people  

and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead.  

All the prophets testify about him 

that everyone who believes in him  

receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” 

Jealousy and stupidity 
Don't equal harmony