The Proverbial Quiz Show (was Re: A question of defince.)

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Regarding the discussion of "what if someone harms my family, should I
defend them [meaning attack the intruder]?":

Many people believe that the aphorism "God helps those who help
themselves" is scripture. 

>From http://www.strang.com/nm/stories/nm896c5.htm, we find:

    The Barna Research Group recently surveyed 1,007 American adults and
    found that many born-again Christians exhibit surprisingly high levels
    of ignorance on the following core Christian beliefs:

    80 percent of born-again Christians agree with the statement,
    "the Bible teaches that God helps those who help themselves." The
    Bible does not make this claim.

In reality, Benjamin Franklin wrote it in _Poor Richard's Almanack_ in
1736; therefore, if we add "the book of Benjamin" to our holy cannon,
then we might be able to pull it off.

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