Wow listen to the selfish excuses in this thread why the poor should not be helped. Hearts just like the rich man.
What do have you have that you have not received from God?
As you did not do it unto the least of these you did not do it unto me, and Jesus then casts these goats into hell. These scriptures are the judgement of the church...the separation of the sheep and the goats. The sheep help the poor. Matt 25
2 Thessalonians 3:10 For also when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.
Show me the truly poor, and those I will help.
Show me welfare deadbeats who get free cell phones, free rent, free “help” with heating costs, free medical care, free food, etc. and I’ll show you someone who is NOT poor.
Show me “homeless” who get free food, free clothing, free housing offered to them, free drugs, and refuse to avail themselves of the many services available to come clean and put their lives together, and I’ll show you someone who is not poor but has chosen a lifestyle.
The help is there for anyone who wants it and if the government won’t, I know plenty of churches which will.
Nobody is against helping the truly poor. Those mooching off the system in the US do not qualify.
If you give a stray dog a meal and some kindness the dog will be forever your faithful companion, if you do the same to a man he will use the interaction as a opportunity to get you give him more or he will rob you at the first opportunity.
What a projector. It is not selfish to acknowledge the poor have some (if not alot) of responsibility for their lot in life especially in a country like the United States.