Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke Nearly half of all Christians in the United States think that a person's poverty is due to lack of effort.
A poll by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 46 percent of Christians see poverty as the result of individual failings.
"There's a strong Christian impulse to understand poverty as deeply rooted in morality — ...[text shortened]... /publications/freethought-today/item/30451-christians-are-more-likely-to-blame-poverty-on-effort
It's easier to blame the poor for their plight than admit society, and life in general, is inherently unfair.
Each individual case of poverty has to be looked at separately. Some people are flat out lazy, others make poor decisions, and others are in poverty due to circumstances beyond their control.
Originally posted by @fmf The rich using the institutionalized 'violence of poverty' against the poor is, of course, a prominent example of such a "cultural value".
Obviously you have never tried teaching academic subjects to poverty kids in public schools. Or at least for very long.
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke Nearly half of all Christians in the United States think that a person's poverty is due to lack of effort.
A poll by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 46 percent of Christians see poverty as the result of individual failings.
"There's a strong Christian impulse to understand poverty as deeply rooted in morality — ...[text shortened]... /publications/freethought-today/item/30451-christians-are-more-likely-to-blame-poverty-on-effort
Kinda hard to take seriously anything from Dawkins and his axe-grinding agenda.
Out of curiosity, isn't your curiosity piqued when someone doesn't cite their source of information--- I mean, other than saying so-and-so says such-and-such?
Where's the actual survey the WP relied upon to make such a pronouncement?
Sketchy, at best.
Christians and poverty
30 May '18 14:30
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