"God helps those that help themselves". This phrase is disturbing, as it emphasizes that those who cannot help themselves and those that help others are unworthy of God.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.We can go back to at least Sophocles, Euripides and Ovid for these sentiments.
Probably a proverb from the oral tradition.
Geoffrey51
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Dec 19, 2019
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So what does this sentiment mean to you?
@Melmoth Nothing at all. If you get on with doing what you need to do it gets done. If you don’t the pixies won’t do it!.
@Geoffrey51 So, in reality, you agree with the sentiment!
@Melmoth God’s got nothing to do with it.
@Geoffrey51 Apart from the God part!
@Melmoth God or gods doesn’t have any input in my life so god is irrelevant to me.
It may be relevant to others but I can’t comment on that.
The problem verb could be seen as disempowering but I see it more of an encouragement if you believe in such forces; work with something and the something will work with you!
I always just took it to mean “god isn’t doing shit so you better do it yourself.”
A2Jennifer
Level 8
Dec 18, 2019
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It smacks of Mother Nature’s law ‘survival of the fittest ‘
Bilbobagins
Level 6
Dec 18, 2019
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MY Grandfather used to say
"God helps them that helps themselves," but always added "And god help them I catch helping themselves in my house."
LenHazell53
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Dec 18, 2019
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