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Wealth and Poverty
Word Count: 2343 words. ...
Subject area: Religious Studies
GCSE Religion: Wealth and Poverty
A) 1.
1 Christians believe that wealth is something that can be for good or for evil. Which does not mean that wealth is a bad thing. Christians can only gain wealth, if it is in a lawful and moral way. ...
“ True happiness is not found in riches or well-being,
In human fame or power, or in any human achievement”
catechism of the catholic church
Many Bible teachings say that wealth can lead you away from God, when you have the wrong attitude to money. ... When they asked Jesus when the had not done this, Jesus told them ‘When you did not do it for other people, you did no do it for me’
So in order to go to heaven, Christians believe they must share their wealth with the poor:
“God blesses those who come to the aid of the poor and rebukes those
who turn away from them… Love for the poor is incompatible with
immoderate use of riches or their selfish use.”
Catechism of the catholic church
Islam teaches that wealth is something given by God for the benefit of humanity. ... God commands sharing wealth with other people in the religious pillar of Zakah. ...
All around the world, there are millions of people living in poverty. ...
Poverty is now seen as a much more complex issue. ... There are also some other countries that are not as rich as the West, but they are not poverty stricken. ...
Less developed countries (LDCs)- countries that are still not very developed, and have people who are poor and live in poverty. ...
World poverty concerns everyone, as we are all dependant on each other - if we want the Sudanese to grow cotton for our clothes, then we must make sure that the Sudanese have enough food. ...
All around the world, there are millions of people living in poverty. ...
Christian Aid provides emergency aid after natural disasters, and long-term aid to help people to overcome poverty and suffering. ...
To achieve this aim, Christian Aid work can be split into 4 parts;
Fund raising
In order to do any work to relieve poverty, Christian Aid needs money that is raised in several ways. ... They educate them about the need for world development, and the way in which Christians can help the less developed countries, and the people in poverty. ...
B)
Yes I do agree that there should be no rich people in the world as long as there is poverty. ... Many of the people living in poverty, in a poor country, did not mean to be poor. ... At the moment, there are poor people living in poverty, and rich people living in big houses with many luxuries.
Approximate Word count = 2253
Approximate Pages = 9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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