Weath And Poverty Flashcards
(7 cards)
What does absolute poverty mean?
Severe deprivation of basic human needs.
What does relative poverty mean ?
Lacking the minimum amount of income required to maintain the average standard of living in which you live.
What is the Christian view on wealth?
They believe ‘money is a root of all kinds of evil’(1 Timothy 6:10)
They believe if you have money your being selfish and not giving it to the poor.
What Christian teachings show how Christians believe we should help the poor and why?
The golden rule, teat others as you wish to be treated
The Good Samaritan, love your neighbor
A non-religious view on weather we should help the poor is …
The pond thing by Peter singer
A non-religious view on why we should not help the poor are …
Garret Hardin boat thing, not our duties.
What is my view on helping the poor ?
We should help the poor when we can but it’s a lot harder to help people on the other side of the world. I agree more with peter singer, if it really is quite easy then we should help the poor.
