Posted on 09/10/2013 9:30:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
“God helps them who helps themselves” is one of the worst; it is the opposite of God’s true message: we are weak, wicked, fallible, and can do no good without learning to rely on Him.
The author left one out: God helps those who help themselves.
Yeah, Rev Wright confirmed that in one of his sermons. Just ask Obama.
Many are cold, but few are frozen.
God helps them that helps themselves, but God help you if you get caught helping yourself.
It’s all in the Axe of the Apostles.
Thou shalt not admit adultery.
Joshua fit the battle of Geritol.
Do unto to others before they do unto to you.
I’m still trying to find the section on the Holy Handgrenade of Antioch in the book of Armaments.
Aesop's Fables.
"...reportedly the last hymn Cowper ever wrote"
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm.
My personal favorite misquotes by miscreants are “Throw no stones” and “Judge not”.
To the good thief: “Amen I say to you, this very day thou shalt be with me in paradise.”
Close?
I don't remember Paul talking about "blessed and highly favored." But just this morning I was reading about Mary and her cousin Elizabeth in Luke 1 and came across these verses:
28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
Somehow the 'blessed and highly favored,' seen here in conjunction with the birth of Our Lord, may have been applied by someone, somewhere else.
That's not from the Bible, that's from the constitution. / sarc
“I am the Lord thy God which Brought you from the land of Egypt. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me, with the exception of others who may correct or otherwise render this my First and other commandments invalid. Let’s just say ‘for the time being,’ being as this is an early and possibly imperfect covenant subject to modification, try to have no other gods, along with some other stuff I’ll ask you to do later.”
The bible is smarter and better than that. It accurately points out that LOVE of money is the problem. I.e., greed, avarice. GREED is not what leads to success in business or motivation for success. LOVE of what they do is the motivation that leads to success. A chef isn't a success because he's greedy -- he's a success because he loves to cook. An entrepreneur isn't a success because he's greedy -- he's a success because he loves the challenge of taking nothing and building it up to be something.
It bugs the hell out of me when I hear Rush and other misguided conservatives praise GREED/avarice as somehow "good." They are wrong, just as it is wrong to think that money is the root of evil. No, GREED/avarice for money is the root of evil, and that is what the bible says.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
And as opposed to what, an impersonal savior?
I like that one. It used to be true. We were a Chevy family for most of my life. Lately it is Fords. My wife’s 2005 Focus is going on 250,000 miles. No problems.
Much of Christianity turns faith into a “Me and Jesus” thing.
Oh my gosh, you just destroyed the entire basis of my religious faith! (just joking)
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