Plus people who abuse the system, who are not looking for help, only sustenance, are not poor

Then again i wouldn't consider myself a christian so who am i to talk to the religious aspect

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Personally I'm just PO'd that they don't understand the reversal that this brings on.

that and don't care

My sister has works at a food distribution charity. She has told me that some people are incredibly ungrateful.

you'd be impressed how picky poor people are

/r/choosingbeggars is a fun sub

Well, that’s definitely true. I have met some incredibly grateful poor people. They actually understand humility and don’t complain that they are getting more canned green beans.

aye

I've given some money here and there to some people who asked

Some people are really grateful

others just kinda give you the same spiel

I was driving with my mom one time

this woman was begging on the side of the road

we stopped at a gas station right next to the highway exit

after we were done we saw her coming out of the store with scratch offs

like jesus christ

my dad met a guy in new york who's job was literally begging on the streets

he'd go out, put on nasty clothes, beg on the street, stop for the day, put on a suit and tie and go home to his wife and kids

people like to complain about capitalism and corporate greed and yes no doubt that's an issue

but this taking culture we have, where people just expect handouts to fuel their desires and not their needs is ridiculous too

Where I grew up, I saw a guy in the city who had a cane and acted like he couldn’t walk. I then saw him turn a corner further down the street and run up a hill. I was really young, like 7 or 8, when I saw that. To this day I’m very skeptical about beggars. I want to help, but I can’t shake the assumption that they may be faking it.

if i had a surplus of money

i'd probably do it more often

but at the moment i'm struggling myself

i'm not giving you money just because i have a car and you don't

just because i have a job and scrape enough by to have a car, go out to eat once a month does not mean that you are entitled to my money because you can't

And let's be fair, some people are literally unable to work, and that's sad, but a lot of people simply don't want to

Yeah. I understand. I’m a little bit better off, so I can afford it some. I’d rather do other things where I know that the money and my time get used wisely.

i'd like to think if i had bill gates level of money i would finance all sorts of homeless shelters, but then i remember people who just abuse them

i don't want to satisfy your prefferred lifestyle

i want to help you earn it

I personally think that local church’s should step in more with homelessness. They can screen people way more effectively and there is ample space for it. Oh course, the concern is about safety. I think we should open mental asylums again. That would help too.

The thing about Jesus is that the left has no intention on advocating that you follow jesus

it's more about the fact that they are distorting his teachings and using them as a club to beat his followers with

Yes. I totally agree.

>oh, you follow jesus, you can't be a christian, though, because you don't support social programs x, y, and z. I'm so much better than you because I think Jesus was a cock, and I follow his teachings better than you do

You could somewhat describe me as an evangelical Christian. I completely understand the deceit that comes from them.

the left really loves that Trump is president because Trump is an adulterer, and the churchy types were so against adultery for so long

I......actually don't know where the left stands on that anymore though