Would you help a bum on the street?

Question

Would you give him money, would you give him food?

I wouldn't.

Chances are that bum on the street had a chance for an education and lost it. Probable because he/she is too lazy.

Why would you help someone out who did nothing and will give nothing in return.

Becuase it's the right thing to do?

Yeah, well guess what, it's the right thing to let him know that he should have seized the oppertunity of getting an education by not giving him a thing.

I wouldn't help a bum on the street, not a snowballs chance in hell.

Answer 1

bravo!
Paul wrote that if a believer doesn't work, neither let him eat.
Also, Jesus said that whenever you do good to the least of these my "BROTHERS" you have done it to me. This is perhaps the most misunderstood and abused scriptures in the Bible. Jesus defines his brothers as those who are doing the will of his father.
As the laziness and drug/alcohol typical homeless person is, they deserve absolutely no gifts of mercy.

Answer 2

Yes i have and yes i do give money and food. I work with the homeless. Most of the homeless have a mental problem that no one wants to deal with, so they are just shoved out of the way. I hope for your sake that your life goes very good for you, really I do. With your fine education, you should never, ever, have to worry about where your next meal is coming from. Trust me not all homeless people are uneducated, or have mental problems, or are drug addicts. Do you think that all the people in New Orleans that are homeless are bums and uneducated? Learn to think before you open your mouth Kid, because one day you may find yourself down and out, and when you do even for a moment, your cry for help may not be heard...I hope not......but maybe you need some respect taught to you. Humans come in every manner shape and form. If you saw me on the street you would have never thought for a second that I was homeless at one time and I'm educated and not a drug abuser or an alcoholic. Sometimes stuff happens beyond our control, and it maybe only for a second........but never the less it's scary as all heck. But I do wish you well......LOL........because after reading your question you only will bring bad things upon yourself, and someday your gonna remember this question of yours, while your freezing, and the hardship that you will bring upon your children because of your inability to be understanding of others.

Answer 3

your teachers obviously didn't help you either--particularly with your spelling, so I can understand your antipathy toward helping people who are different from you--a person with a remarkable education and incredible use of the standard cliche regarding snowballs and hell. You already have this person pegged as lazy, not knowing a thing about them, and probably never having had the opportunity to speak to a homeless person (a politically correct term to replace your term 'bum'), to know their circumstances. I've worked with the homeless and let me tell you something rabbi, which I doubt you are, there but for the grace of god go you or I. You are a simple person with an uncomplicated, simple view of a national problem that could as easily effect you or anyone. Lastly--for a complete list of your misspellings, use the "Check Spelling feature above.

Answer 4

I have helped people on the street. And I've avoided them. I may be a caring person, but I'm not stupid. There are times when it's best to NOT help someone on the street, especially in today's society when you never know if someone is going to want more, or will try to hurt you. I would say it would be better to give to a homeless shelter rather than directly to the homeless person just because it would be protection for you, the giver.

I wish we lived in a society that would willing give to whomever needed it, that it was SAFE to give to whomever needed it. But the real world is such that that's not the case unfortunately.

Answer 5

There are many reasons why a person could be homeless, laziness could be one of the reasons. I would not consider it to be the primary reason though. Would I help someone I did not know, I think I would be more likely to help the person help themselves. Would I give them money, perhaps, depending on their situation and what got them there. Would I give them food, if I had the means to do so, Yes I would.

What if by some chance, through no fault of your own, you suddenly found yourself homeless? Would you want others to adopt the same policy you have?

An act of charity should be its own reward, and I would not expect compensation of any kind for doing so.


Peace.

Answer 6

He has probably worked out that he should have made different life choices since being a "bum" is not the height of relaxation. So the fact he "does nothing" is probably no comfort to him, when drunk people are beating him up at night when he is trying to sleep in a cold doorway in the pouring rain with nothing but a strong beer to keep him company. I think he could do with an address to have his mail sent somewhere to shower and get clean clothes and an opportunity to get a job.

I have and will continue to help out "bums" as you put it.

Answer 7

Yes I would. So what if he made some bad choices in the past, if he is hungry now- there is something I can do like buy him some lunch. I did that once, I gave a "bum" something I bought at the store for him. Honestly, I don't like giving money away because they might buy something to complement an addiction, but I do try to help out.

Answer 8

the guy became being worry-free. And for all of you curious individual questioning why the guy isn't out searching for a pastime: he's probable homeless. So subsequently he won't be able to bathe and shave and get wiped clean as a lot as keep on with for jobs. Ask round and word what number of human beings may employ a homeless individual. you do not understand what befell to this guy. He probable had a good life till some thing tragic befell in his life. He may have lost each and every thing he had attempting to maintain his baby or spouse. Or may have lost his baby and spouse then lost his will to bypass on with a common life and ingesting is what he grew to grow to be to. Be slightly extra sympathetic. Magster

Answer 9

I most likely would not give them money, I gave a homeless person money once and saw them the same day going into a liquor store. But that not to say all homeless people will do this, the main reason i dont is for safety reasons, if i am with a guy i prolly would just because i would feel safe.

Answer 10

I've given them money. I just ask them not to give BS about repaying me and stuf when they act smooth to get money from you. I've also said no to a bum who was outright just too aggresive for his own good.

For the ones that I've helped, it's not about doing the right thing. To me I was just helping out a person.