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a friend died today. by taitano2007-11-29 00:22:29
  Soooo, his faith killed him. by Havoc2007-11-29 04:44:29
    Er, no. That was Benjamin Franklin. (n/t) by toysbfun2007-11-29 05:11:47
      Ah yes, but the very sources that show that by Havoc 2007-11-29 07:34:02
also say that this sort of belief overriding the need to help oneself is wrong-think.

http://www.gotquestions.org/God-help-themselves.html

This one says it originally comes from Aesop's fables, from Old Testament times.

http://www.a-voice.org/trivia/001.htm


Thus it may well have been incorporated into the original Bible, but just as many things were redacted and added to serve the needs of the Church over the years, this may have been replaced with an eye to making the populace more dependent on the Church.
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        We could claim just about anything was by toysbfun2007-11-29 12:11:33
          Thus, most faiths are based on false premises by Havoc2007-11-29 12:15:56
            In the book published to document our history, by taitano2007-11-29 12:40:42

 

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