Quick, where in the Bible can you find this quotation: “God helps those who help themselves”?
Stephen Prothero, chairman of the religion department at Boston University, has discovered that it’s one of the most popular “biblical” quotations cited by Americans – incorrectly. Mr. Prothero has developed a religious literacy quiz that he’s given to 300 of his students — 17 passed.
Prothero has written the book, Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know – And Doesn’t.
Jeffrey Weiss has excerpts from an interview with Prothero on the DMN Religion blog.
Interesting stuff.
Maybe we should interview him if our encounter/OrangeNoiseRadio talk show gets off the ground.
Speaking of that quotation, Gotquestions.org has some more interesting thoughts that argue just the opposite.
It would appear that God is in the business is helping the helpless.
Hmmm… I wonder what Sally and Jose would say about that?
If God is in the business of helping the helpless – wonder what business we should be in?
