Religion Wealth and Poverty
(a) Describe, analyse and explain: (i) the need for world development (ii) Christian teachings on wealth and poverty. ... World development is needed because of world poverty. Poverty is the state or condition of having little or no money, goods or means of support. Living in poverty means living in constant hunger, with no proper sanitation or running water, and the likelihood of dying quite young. ... There are internal and external causes of poverty. One of the internal causes is the poverty cycle, which is a cycle the poor people cannot get out on their own. ... One of the biggest external causes of poverty is globalisation. ... Apart from the above, international debt and unjust trade is a cause of poverty for many poor countries.@ The world must solve poverty. The Brandt report suggests some ways in which we can solve poverty. ... Christian teaching on the subject of poverty is basically that the wealthy people should help the poor people. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament have teachings on wealth and poverty. ... The New Testament has the teaching of Jesus on wealth and poverty. ... The New Testament not only has teachings on poverty, but also has teachings on wealth. ... Many Christians also look forward to a world in which no one suffers from poverty. (b) Give your response to the view that: gThere should be no rich as long as there is poverty in the world. ... I disagree with, gThere should be no rich as long as there is poverty in the world.h I do not believe that it is wrong to be rich as long as the rich people share some of their wealth with the poor people. ... On the other hand, some people believe that the rich should give out all their wealth until they become poor, to contribute to the poor people, so that the poor can increase their standard of living. ... Other Christians think as this from their belief based on the Bible that money or wealth is tempting, and should be condemned. ... It is important for the rich to share, but that does not necessarily mean that they should lose their wealth. It is most important for the rich to share some of their wealth to the poor, so that the poor would be able to help and develop themselves.