Christian attitudes towards the distrubution of wealth in the world.

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Christian attitudes towards the distrubution of wealth in the world

It is a fact that the world's resources and wealth is unequally distributed. The rich north has 85% of the world's wealth, yet the poor South has three quarters of the world's population. These developing countries in the South need more money to improve the lives of their people, because this inequality is resulting in major problems, for example; One fifth of developing countries' people suffer from hunger. This is not because they do not have enough food to grow, as there is enough food to feed the whole world, but that they are exporting most of their food, at cheap prices in order for them to support their families and pay off their debts. However, in the United States of America, one third of all Americans are overweight.

People in the South are being exploited by people in the North because of the inequality in the world. In the fashion industry, for example in the factories in Bangladesh, girls as young as twelve are working sometimes as much as 24 hours a day in the most horrendous conditions. They stand all day in stuffy and cramped rooms, at machines which are seriously dangerous, (and of course they are not aware of that) having only two breaks, including lunch. If the girls feel ill or tired then they have to pay for a stool to sit on, and if they need the toilet they must also pay. All of this the girls must endure, for nothing, because if they do not fulfil their production quota in a day then they will not get paid. If they do fulfil their quota they only get paid less than half a percent of what the profit of the item is bought for in a developed county. It is a vicious cycle in which they can do nothing about. If they try, they lose their jobs, as they can be easily replaced. The girls have no real power because they do not have the knowledge and education to help them fight for equality. Many organisations make the girls aware of these exploitations, and support the girls, who do stand up to the greedy manufacturers, but this exploitation is extremely hard to prove, and the girls take many risks by doing this.

Christians would be against this exploitation, they treat everyone as their neighbour because they believe that we are all God's children, and he wouldn't want to see his children suffering, so it is a Christian's duty and responsibility, as brothers and sisters of these exploited people to be concerned, and to help and care for them.

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In the final judgement God rewarded those who helped the less fortunate because they saw God in everyone. True Christians should see God in everyone, and therefore care for all mankind. The followers in the final judgement did not ignore the suffering, otherwise they were ignoring God, as he said, "I tell you whenever you did this for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did it for me."
Christians should learn this from this story, and treat everyone in need, if you do this you are being a true Christian.

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