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I am looking for a list of quotes people use that they either think or
imply are in the Bible. I can't seem to find it. But I do know that the
"God helps those who help themselves." quote is not in the Bible that I
have. Maybe it's in the republican version. :)

Steve S.


At 01:56 PM 4/6/00 -0400, you wrote:
>At 12:48 PM 4/6/00 -0400, Austin, Roger wrote:
>[snip]
> >> this whole issue is beyond my level of comprehension.  whatever
happened to
> >> the whole "god helps those who help themselves" thing??
> >
> > As a non-religionist, I guess I would ignore the god thing. :) I
> >personally think this is propaganda from the ancient right-wingers
> >trying to keep the peasants in line.
>
>Well, I don't know that God said any such thing, but even if there
>is something in the Bible to that effect, there's lots more to clue
>us in to the fact that God really does expect us to help each other.
>I forget the quote, but it's something about "What you do to the
>least of these, you do to Me." And there's the story of the Good
>Samaritan, which of course *did* come from the Bible. And so on.
>We are not off the hook for helping each other, and certainly not
>at God's behest. And I don't know any people of faith who think
>we are - I'm sure they're out there, but I've never met one. And
>I hope not to.
>
>Cheers!
>-Rachel
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