"Charity does not have the effect Christians want. It makes people lazy and keeps them poor." Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, showing you have thought about more than one point of view
“Charity does not have the effect Christians want. It makes people lazy and keeps them poor.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, showing you have thought about more than one point of view
In part I do agree with this statement, as I do think that charities do not have the entire effect that Christians want, but I do not feel that it makes the poor people lazy and keeps them poor.
A charity would struggle to have the entire effect that Christians would want. The ultimate aim of a charity of course would be to eliminate poverty throughout the world, and this has certainly not been achieved. Even with all the charities in the world today, the individual charities such as Tearfund, Christian aid, and every other charity working towards the world poverty crisis, there has been little change in its state. The huge effort made by those involved in the Band-Aid, who raised millions in order to bring food to those who have none amidst the famine in Ethiopia, had an effect at the time, but was not long term but short term aid. The problem of famine remains. Yes these people need food, but they need the means to produce food themselves. It is long-term aid that is needed, not short-term aid.
