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minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up27·9 months ago“Jesus helps those who help themselves. Pretty sure that includes elementary school kids in poverty.” - conservatives
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoWhich isn’t a biblical saying in any translation or text.
minus-squareCrazyslinkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·9 months agoIt’s a saying, just not direct quote.
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoIt’s not a biblical passage. It’s not a poorly translated passage. It’s not anywhere in the Bible. It’s a made up platitude by the idiots that brought you the prosperity gospel.
minus-squareCrazyslinkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoOk, still doesn’t change the fact that it is a saying. I didn’t disagree. I said it was a saying. You are right it is not in the Bible. Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helps_those_who_help_themselves
“Jesus helps those who help themselves. Pretty sure that includes elementary school kids in poverty.” - conservatives
Which isn’t a biblical saying in any translation or text.
It’s a saying, just not direct quote.
It’s not a biblical passage. It’s not a poorly translated passage. It’s not anywhere in the Bible. It’s a made up platitude by the idiots that brought you the prosperity gospel.
Ok, still doesn’t change the fact that it is a saying. I didn’t disagree. I said it was a saying.
You are right it is not in the Bible. Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helps_those_who_help_themselves