Begging and Christianity

I think that when there is shelters provided for

homeless and charities to support them then they

shouldn't have the right to go out and beg people

for money.Many people say that homeless shelters

are too strict and they lose their independance and

I have taken this into consideration but I think if

they are depending on the public to support them

when they are begging ,then to me they have

already lost their independance.

I think more people should support "The Big

Issue" .I think that when a person is getting up and

doing something like selling "The Big Issue"they

are no longer beggars ,it is just like a newsagents

selling newspapers.

Busking in my eyes is not a form of begging.It is

just another form of working.Buskers are using

their talents just like Britney Spears uses her

singing talent and Sarah Michelle Gellar uses her

acting talent ,with the one exception that buskers

use their talents on the street.Buskers who are

rubbish are harder to view as I could say they are

just annoying people or I could say at least they are

trying to do something as I saw a boy singing in

Grafton Street in Dublin one day and he was

terrible but I gave him money anyway.

Some people believe that there is a Fagin type

character who sends people to go out begging for

him or her and drived them to different hotspots

like outside banks , cash machines and large

shops.I don't think in this Fagin theroy despite

people say they seen beggars get out of Mercedes

because I believe that anyone who sits on a street

and begs would have to be on an all time low.

Beggars who use children get more money but I

think they are exploiting their children.I wouldn't

be more inclined to give to beggars with babies as

I feel so bad I would have to cross the street

unable to look at their dirty faces and torn clothes

and I think is that really the only clothes they have

got ,torn and dirty or are they just trying to squeeze

as much guilt as they can from hard working

people.

In spite of not having much pity for the beggars of

Ireland, if I was to give money it would probably

be to the refugees because I can imagine being

moved from Ireland to a country where I can't

speak the language of the people and where I can't

get a job.Most people sadly don't see it my way

and they give the refugees weird looks as if to say

what are you doing here

which shows that the people of Ireland have

tendoncies of being slightly racial.

Tony Parsons says beggars are dishonest and I

agree with this up to a certain point.I believe that

most beggars lie about where the money is going

but I believe that they are using begging as a last

resort and they have little else choice.

Pasons says begging is becoming like a job now

but I don't agree with this as begging is still

frowned on by many. True enough begging is

getting more common but now the government is

asking us not to give to beggars but to give to

charities that provide help for beggars and then it is

up to the beggars whether they take the step to

admittance that they need help. I agree with the

government. This way people can be sure that their

money is going to good use.

I agree that some beggars are unscrupulous as

some of them take pocket money from young

children.

He said that beggars are shameless but I think that

beggars do feel full of shame upon themselves but

in order to stay alive they need to show no shame

and get on with begging.

He also said beggars are workshy and I agree with

this. I have established that I don't think that

buskers are beggars as they are using their talents

to earn money but beggars just sit there looking

smelly and dirty asking for money.

I agree with Parsons saying that they exploit

peoples consciences.They make people feel bad if

they don't give money and make selfish people feel

like they have done their good deed for the day.

To conclude I would like to say that the general

thought on beggars is that they are dirty,theiving

nuisances who shouldnt be given pity or money

because help is already provided due to the publics

generosity in homless shelters etc...