RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

phatj wrote:

Bucky wrote:I never got the phrase "god helps those who help themselves". Isn't that really me helping myself?? If the religious really want to effect influence it should be "god helps those who helps others".

The idea, I think, is that prayer alone isn't enough to get stuff done, you have to work for it.

Yeah but you could insert any activity in place of prayer and it would still be true.

"Watching TV alone isn't enough to get stuff done--you have to work for it."
"Sitting on your ass alone isn't enough to get stuff done--you have to work for it."
"Reading a book alone isn't enough to get stuff done--you have to work for it."

phatj wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

phatj wrote:

Bucky wrote:I never got the phrase "god helps those who help themselves". Isn't that really me helping myself?? If the religious really want to effect influence it should be "god helps those who helps others".

The idea, I think, is that prayer alone isn't enough to get stuff done, you have to work for it.

Yeah but you could insert any activity in place of prayer and it would still be true.

"Watching TV alone isn't enough to get stuff done--you have to work for it."
"Sitting on your ass alone isn't enough to get stuff done--you have to work for it."
"Reading a book alone isn't enough to get stuff done--you have to work for it."

Nobody things that watching TV gets things done, but some people do think that God will just take care of everything.

jerseyhoya wrote:Gonna nap the shit out of this next half hour

phatj wrote:I have a package being shipped FedEx, which is currently sitting in my local depot in Fort Washington, which is more or less on my way home. But because the sender didn't make holding it for pickup an option, I cannot swing by there and pick it up. And it's not scheduled for delivery until tomorrow.

Grr.

Doll Is Mine wrote:

phatj wrote:I have a package being shipped FedEx, which is currently sitting in my local depot in Fort Washington, which is more or less on my way home. But because the sender didn't make holding it for pickup an option, I cannot swing by there and pick it up. And it's not scheduled for delivery until tomorrow.

Grr.

You're in luck. Fedex delivery men are hot.

Eem wrote:I once got in a fight with my girlfriend about slavery

pacino wrote:my grandmother died while i was in college.

jerseyhoya wrote:I have 74 students

How many dead grandparents do you think I'm gonna hear about this semester?

I'm up to 1, one pass fail assignment into the semester

CalvinBall wrote:

Eem wrote:I once got in a fight with my girlfriend about slavery

she wasn't in to S&M?