[Kartographer]

I talked to my pastor about this not that long ago when it came up on FR I posted that as Christians we are to be kind and helpful to the poor, but rebuke and avoid the slothful. He agreed with me so much that he ended up doing a sermon on just that the difference between the poor and the slothful.

[Iron Munro]

I talked to my pastor about this not that long ago when it came up on FR I posted that as Christians we are to be kind and helpful to the poor, but rebuke and avoid the slothful. He agreed with me so much that he ended up doing a sermon on just that the difference between the poor and the slothful.

Excellent.

[ctdonath2]

Had a pastor opine from the pulpit that there are no poor in America: world median income is $2/day; hard to live in USA and _not_ make significantly more than that. If you’re earning more than half the people on the planet, you’re not poor.

[Patriotic1]

While I don't think "idle hands make for the devil's workshop" is actually in the Bible I do know that Christian sentiment is strongly rooted in reality.

As a Catholic, I think we tend to overlook any differences much to my chagrin.

[Veto!]

difference between the poor and the slothful.

Powerful difference, thanks for mentioning this.

I believe that everyone deserves to have their nutritional needs met. If it takes food stamps at times, so be it.

What galls me is using food stamps for food that does not nourish, like soft drinks, chips, junky food that eventually impacts health and puts a strain on the healthcare system. The occasional coke or bag of chips is understandable, but some ghetto dwellers don't even know how to cook (slothful) and they raise their kids on nothing but junk.