"Charity does not have an effect Christians want, it makes people lazy and it keeps them poor" Discuss.

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Anna Hall

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“Charity does not have an effect Christians want,

it makes people lazy and it keeps them poor”

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Some people may agree with this statement. If suffering is happening in the world then aid should be offered but not to the extent that it may be taken for granted. People could become totally dependent on the charities to provide them with their needs and they will lose the skills needed to provide for themselves.

Charities that support the homeless in England emphasise the need to give charities the money rather than giving the beggars cash-in-hand, as this stops the money from fuelling drug or alcohol habits.

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An article in the Guardian Newspaper states that it is believed that the longer the homeless spend on the streets, the more difficult it is to encourage them back into society.

St Paul states that, ‘if a man will not work, he will not eat.’ This is clear that he believes that a person has to do something to receive a reward or that if no energy is put into something then, there will be no food. Perhaps he was pointing out that we need to earn our living and being given our living is wrong.

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