Secular vs Solomon: drowning men, monkeys, and Proverbs 11:9
- A drowning man is not troubled by rain — secular or Solomon?
- A monkey never thinks her baby's ugly — secular or Solomon?
- With his mouth, the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge, the righteous are delivered — secular or Solomon?
Secular vs Solomon begins with the Ben Franklin rule that 'God helps those who help themselves' is not biblical. Round one: 'A drowning man is not troubled by rain' is secular Iran; 'A monkey never thinks her baby's ugly' is secular Haiti, with a tangent about a news story of monkeys taking over somewhere; 'With his mouth, the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge, the righteous are delivered' is Solomon, Proverbs 11:9. A running comedy bit about the sexually-transmitted-disease acronym threads through the segment, including a crisis-pregnancy-center visit.
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