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1
Q

What percentage of people live on less than $10 a day?

A

80%

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2
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How many people have the same wealth as the lower half of the population?

A

The 85 richest

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3
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In how long have the rich doubled their wealth?

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30 years

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4
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How many children are living in poverty?

A

1 billion

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5
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How much would it roughly cost to end extreme poverty?

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~$60 billion (1/4 of 100 richest)

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6
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Define relative poverty

A

To be poor in relation to other people who live in your country

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7
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Define absolute poverty

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Lacking the basic necessities for basic survival

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8
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What is the Christian teaching regarding to the root of evil?

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‘Whof money is the root of all evil’

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9
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What is an example of the love of money being the root of all evil?

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Corporations not paying taxes

  • To accumulate more profits
  • ->Impacts society negatively
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10
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What is the Christian teaching relating to storing up treasures?

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‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures of Earth… But store up for yourselves treasures in Heaven’

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11
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What are the basic Christian teachings on wealth and poverty?

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Don’t focus on money and possessions

  • God would rather people look after each other than collected money
  • ->If you are rich and haven’t used for money for good=won’t be able to get into Heaven
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12
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What fraction of humans live w/out electricity?

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1/4

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13
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What percentage of human use up 85% of water?

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12%

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14
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What is an example of storing up treasures on earth?

A 
Cars
Houses
Boats
Jewellery
Possessions
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15
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What is the poverty cycle?

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Economic decline
-->
Low Personal Income 
-->
Less access to food and safe water
-->
Hunger & poor sanitation
-->
Disease, malnutrition and death
-->
Depleted workforce
-->
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16
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State some causes of poverty

A

Natural Disasters

Unfair Trade

Education

Debt

Inadequate healthcare

17
Q

How do natural disasters cause poverty?

A

In LEDC:
can’t deal w/ impact of disasters
(e.g infrastructure, deaths)
–>people exposed to worse conditions-could be unable to work

18
Q

How does unfair trade cause poverty?

A

Open trade:
Other countries can buy at whatever price they want
–>import cheaply:
DRIVES PRICE DOWN
people in agriculture paid less–> leading them into poverty

19
Q

How does a lack of good education cause poverty?

A

Inhibits a person from acquiring a well paid job

–>People stay static for generations in their situations

20
Q

How does debt cause poverty?

A

people in debt=crippled economically
Interest rates prevent people from paying off in one go
–>Reliant on being able to owe money for long period of time

21
Q

How does inadequate healthcare cause poverty?

A

People who are sick are less productive in work/could be unable to work
–>lower personal income
(part of poverty cycle)

22
Q

What does Jesus teach about helping the poor?

A

‘Give up all you have and follow me’

23
Q

What does the Bible clearly teach about poverty?

A

HELP THE VULNERABLE
‘love thy neighbour’
Jesus=lived as a poor man and helped those in need

24
Q

What is the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats?

A

Those who helped the needy: Sheep
–>HEAVEN
=helping a man in need is as worthwhile as helping God if he was in need

Those who didn’t help: Goats
–>HELL
=Ignoring those in need is as bad as ignoring God if he was in need

25
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What do all Christian Churches teach about poverty?

A

Use personal wealth to help those who are less fortunate

26
Q

What is the integral teaching of Christianity. that can fit attitudes about the poor?

A

LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR

27
Q

What is the Christian teaching regarding Jesus’ attitude to those who are rich?

A

‘Again I say to you, it is easier for the a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God’

28
Q

What are American Evangelical attitudes to wealth?

A

View it as a gift/blessing from God

29
Q

What is the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church when it comes to poverty?

A

Some priests & nuns take vow of poverty
Teach to share wealth
HOWEVER
Vatican’s net worth= $10-$15 billion

30
Q

What is the estimated net worth of the Vatican?

A

$10-$15 billion

31
Q

What jobs would Christians deem to be moral?

A 
Doctor
Teacher
Nurse
Firefighter
Priest
-->HELPING PEOPLE
32
Q

What jobs would Christians deem to be immoral?

A

Pay day loans companies
Casinoes
–>EXPLOITING PEOPLE

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