Posted on 11/03/2011 11:20:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
From today’s briefing:
MR. CARNEY: Well, I believe the phrase from the Bible* is, “The Lord helps those who help themselves.” And I think the point the President is making is that we should -- we have it within our capacity to do the things to help the American people.
The White House adds in the official transcript:
* This common phrase does not appear in the Bible.
Video at link.......
WH misquoted the bible? What outrageous thing will they do next!
I always thought it was a quote from Napoleon.
“Maybe I am thinking of “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions” whatever Napoleon must have said one of them.
Obama and company assumes that any of his utterings will soon be incorporated in the Newest Testiment of the won revealed
... with this election the tempterature began to fall the tides recede as I am the won that we have been waiting for..
not only does he misquote....he then proceeds to reveal a complete misunderstanding of of the statement he just quoted.
As Bugs Bunny says...”what a maroon!”
silly. everyone knows the road to hell is paved with shovel ready stimulus dollars by democrats.
No problem misquoting the bible if you don’t claim to be a Christian...
otherwise, you need to be called on it.
“This too shall pass.” -Mike Ditka
Sort of like quoting from the Book of Hezekiah in the Old Testament.
Other common misquotes:
“And this above all, to thine own self be true.” Not the Bible, I think it’s Shakespeare.
“Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” Nowhere in the Bible.
People often quote Shakespeare as if it were in the Bible, I guess that olde English makes it sound Bible-y.
Secular types that quote the Bible are funny, although they are usually very sure of themselves even as they stick their foot in thier mouths.
The passage is right there in the Bible. Right next to “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” < /sarc>
hehe...
“Judge not, lest ye be judged”
a secularists favorite “bible quote”.
(ie, “don’t hold me accountable to any standards”)
To be fair... it probably is in Joel Osteen’s “Bible”
Not only does he misattribute the statement to the Bible, but he totally misses the meaning of the statement.
Ooops... I see you already made this point.
THAT, in my opinion, is even more telling than saying the quote came from the Bible.
He’s interpreting: “The Lord helps those who help themselves” to mean: “The Government helps those who don’t help themselves.”
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