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To: Zeppelin
And the moral of the story was that God helps those who help themselves.

No, that was Algernon Sydney in 1698, in an article titled Discourses Concerning Government.

The moral of the "talents" story is not to be a lazy bum. God owns everything, and therefore God gets to make the rules about how it will be used.

15 posted on 10/13/2009 8:44:13 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (...We never faced anything like this...we only fought humans.)
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To: Alex Murphy

agreed.

see my clarification on post 13.


20 posted on 10/13/2009 8:54:24 AM PDT by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on...)
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