There Should Be No Rich Religious People

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"There should be no rich religious people as long as there is

poverty." I will examine eight points of view and explain them in and

what could to those opinions then, based on those, come to my own

conclusions.

'Religious People Could Do More'

Religious people in that 10% are prone to having spare money, yet not

much is done. If they were to donate enough money poverty could be

brought to an end in a variety of places. This would mean a lot of

money being donated, but if you have the responsibility given to you

by your God to look after your neighbour you should obey with no

reluctance. That is, if you are truly religious. The religious people

would fund-raise and donate.

'Everyone is responsible to help the poor'

Any religious person should automatically agree with this on the basis

that many religions state that those who follow its teachings should

give to the poor, let alone just normal people with no particular

beliefs. This particular phrase also says that you have a

'responsibility' to help the poor, and if your God gives you

responsibility for something you should carry it out without question

let alone doubt. Therefore, financial help is included so Religious

people who are rich having a responsibility to give money to the poor.

'If everyone had received equal shares of all the world's money

everyone would have enough.'

This is a good idea but it would only enable the greedy an un-deniable

advantage financially; people would become poor fast because business

men would use their money to set up business that would take other

peoples money within days. Even more of the world's population would

become destitute, and poverty would spread even more, except for

countries where the business minds are from. Also, only 10% of the

world's population are rich. There wouldn't really be enough money to

go round. Religious people can give money of course, but sharing money

into equal portions would never work out.

'Why Should People Who Work Hard Have To Be Poor Through Giving All

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