Sunday, August 19, 2012

Helping

The difficulty of effective charity is a recurring theme in my thoughts.  Here is a comment I left on a Facebook post of the displayed image:

Let's not concede that "funding" = "helping." Very often giving money to people with money problems feeds the problem. Yes, there are people who have suffered unfortunate circumstances despite their best efforts, and they should be helped -- in fact, I would argue we are obligated to help fellow Christians in this condition. However, what most people need is encouragement to overcome their challenges in life, to gain the confidence that they do not have to rely on any man for anything.

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