Christian teachings, Islamic teachings on wealth and poverty.

A)i. In this essay I shall be looking at Christian and Islamic teachings on wealth and poverty.

Christians believe that wealth in something which can be used for something which can be used for some or good or even evil. They believe that the good can be used such as giving food to homeless or starving people and families. The bad things would be for things such as, buying weapons for people who would use them to kill.

Christians use a few teachings to support their views such as the parable of the rich, (Luke 12:13-21) Jesus old a story about a farmer who made lots of money and thought he would be able to ‘eat, drink and be merry’, but he died that night with no chance to enjoy his wealth. Also, Jesus taught that people should not try to get wealth in this life, but should try to make themselves rich in religion and nothing else in greed. The Christian church teaches that Christians should make money and provide for their family and even for themselves as a duty. It is also, taught that Christians should not be involved in any way in businesses that may hurt people like sex industry and even the gambling industry.

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Christian’s teach that god created the universe and every single thing in it and when it was created it was all to be good and special. This means that Christians should regard the whole creation of the world as a gift from god to us all to be used by us in whom it was that god intended us to. According to the New Testament riches must be used for the help of others especially the poor and the needy.

The Islam teachings on wealth is that wealth is given from god for the belief of humanity, Therefore ...

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