I was curious about the most problem in our poeple of today are suffering with poverty. Is there any reason why God allows His people to suffer like this.
2006-06-20 02:27:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Often it is the people themselves that cause poverty, in the US, it is often the choices that individuals make that put them in poverty.
A friend of mine decided to have a baby. She quit her job to get on welfare so that the government will support her. It is a decision she made.
Now we will support her at poverty levels. Food stamps, and clothing at goodwill. State medical care. I grew up that way, no choice of my own, and tried to reason with her to not quit her well paying job.
Poverty is a choice she made for herself, and her baby. Not one I would choose, but for her she believes is an "Easy out".
We all make choices....
to go to school and learn skills to get better employment
to learn a trade like plumbing or carpentry
So I believe it is the individuals choices...not the work of God that is responsible for poverty.
2006-06-20 02:36:58 · answer #1 · answered by Dave 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
God did not allow poverty at all. Greed, envy, theft, war, injustice, the human desire to dominate, to exploit others those are some of the elements that open doors to poverty in any human society. Wrong decisions or options in life could be also at the origin of poverty. God is not responsible for our poverty, even if there are people using God to dominate others. God is not in the business of poverty. we humans are responsible for poverty on this earth filled with all of richness that is more enough for all of on earth to go bed without empty stomach
2006-06-20 02:48:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poverty originated while people have been lazy or oppressed, it has existed with the aid of fact the origination of society, it truly is impossible to have wealthy those with out poverty and poverty with out wealth, and forcing each and every person to share does not artwork with the aid of fact each and every person is grasping, and for this reason capitalism works.
2016-10-31 04:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by saturnio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the idea of God helps create poverty. Historically, anyway, people created their Gods and religions to make themselves seem better and to have something that other people couldn't have. I think that's a kind of poverty.
2006-06-20 02:32:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not "let" people suffer. People let people suffer. We are on earth to reflect God's love. Where God is absent, people suffer.
2006-06-20 02:54:16 · answer #5 · answered by wsbowles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
....because people are selfish and greedy....
2006-06-20 02:33:31 · answer #6 · answered by vijaya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋