30 May 18
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
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30 May 18
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?
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 @fmfObviously you have never tried teaching academic subjects to poverty kids in public schools. Or at least for very long.
The rich using the institutionalized 'violence of poverty' against the poor is, of course, a prominent example of such a "cultural value".
30 May 18
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.
30 May 18
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.