Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeIt's easier to blame the poor for their plight than admit society, and life in general, is inherently unfair.
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
Originally posted by @whodeyFamine? Drought? Earthquakes? Pestilence? Or a dozen other things outside of man's control.
Funny stuff.
I don't know of anyone who does not agree that poverty is a result of human failings.
Who or what then should we blame?
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Originally posted by @fmfI dunno about that.
Do you believe that "prosperity theology" ~ as defined in the link above - is heresy?
All I know is that televangelist Jesse Duplantis is asking for people to give money for his $54 million new jet.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/29/dear-lord-televangelist-asking-supporters-for-his-4th-private-plane-its-54-million
Won't you give today?
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeWrong!
Famine? Drought? Earthquakes? Pestilence? Or a dozen other things outside of man's control.
It's Trump's fault.
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeKinda hard to take seriously anything from Dawkins and his axe-grinding agenda.
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
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.
Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemOne could almost say perfectly unfair.
It's easier to blame the poor for their plight than admit society, and life in general, is inherently unfair.