Or is poverty just a feeding ground for the Christian religion and does christianity need it a lot more - than poor people actually need christianity??
2007-03-06 19:56:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nobody has answered the question, just attacked me - for not curing worldwide poverty. Does Christianity need poverty?
2007-03-06 20:03:48 · update #1
I have a feeling you may be disappointed.
2007-03-06 19:58:29 · answer #1 · answered by Dogsbody 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never. Jesus said the poor will always be with you. Poor people need Christianity because: #1, they rely on the charity of others for some of their basic needs and #2, they need to know how beloved they are in the eyes of God, knowing that this world is not the be-all, end-all and that all those mean, greedy people who deny them their basic rights and needs will get their just desserts while the poor will receive their just rewards.
2007-03-06 20:05:25 · answer #2 · answered by Babs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians are much to busy trying to convince everyone that humans and dinosaurs shared the Earth to help fight poverty. Sadly, so may other religions won't take money from their congregations/followers and don't have the money to help. Poor people don't need Christianity, but you are right, without the poor, how would the Church convince people to give them so much money.
2007-03-06 20:02:30 · answer #3 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not gonna happen. Poverty has little to do with morality (except for the state-sponsored features which cause poverty, and could thus be called immoral), and Christianity has nothing to do with it at all.
2007-03-06 20:23:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poverty is a sad fact of life. God gave us free will when he created us. Sadly, through our choices throughout the years, we have created class and poverty. Through our greed and wrong choices, bad things have happened.
The church doesnt NEED poverty, but if you take a look, throughout the years of history, Christians have tried to help those suffering from it.
2007-03-06 20:07:31 · answer #5 · answered by delyth h 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-18 07:27:20 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When there is a disaster the churches are the first to help. Churches are doing all they can to help those less fortunate. Sorry to disappoint you.
I don't quite understand the answer you are looking for concerning morality.
2007-03-06 20:06:35 · answer #7 · answered by DeeJay 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Cure" poverty. You make it sound like a disease you can catch. Religion is seperate from economic class.
2007-03-06 20:00:10 · answer #8 · answered by Cybeq 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What have you done to cure poverty today?
It isn't just the job of the church, it is everyone's job...unfortunatly people tend to be greedy.
Myself included...
2007-03-06 20:01:13 · answer #9 · answered by Pete 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Poor people get what they deserve and work for just like everybody else in the world. They are poor because they choose to be poor. And you want to take away their choice? or just reward them for being unmotivated? God helps people who help themselves. So do I.
2007-03-06 20:03:29 · answer #10 · answered by Sheriff of Yahoo! 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋