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ISSUES OF WEALTH AND POVERTY (Ethics of acquiring money (Material wealth…
ISSUES OF WEALTH AND POVERTY
Ethics of acquiring money
Material wealth isn't the most important thing in life.
Your afterlife is not dependent on the amount of wealth you have at death.
Money should be earned honestly. This includes no gambling, lying, illegal action or immoral action.
Many Christians will try to work vocational jobs where they help others e.g. nursing.
The Bible states
'the love of money is the root of all evil.'
Ethics of using money
Those who have wealth have a duty and a responsibility to help those who don't.
Wealth should be used wisely and not wasted.
Spiritual values are more important than material things.
The Bible teaches the importance of sharing.
e.g. John the Baptist taught that those with two coats should share one.
Some Christians 'tithe', which means they regularly give money to charity out of their salary or wage.
Christian Aid
A charity that fight against poverty and injustice by redistributing wealth and resources to give some of the world's poorest people their basic human needs.
They work in over 60 different countries all over the world.
They provide short-term and long-term aid to those in need.
They raise money through events like Christian Aid Week.
Christian Aid work towards a world where everyone can live full life, free of poverty.
Martin Luther King
Black civil rights activist in America in the 1960s.
Believed that all humans were made equal by God and deserved equal human rights.
James Earl assassinated the King in 1968.
Earl was a known racist who did not want equal rights for all races.
Although white people had committed atrocious crimes against black people at the time, King asked for reconciliation and forgivenees, not revenge.