Facts Flashcards
What percentage of people live on less than $10 a day?
80%
How many people have the same wealth as the lower half of the population?
The 85 richest
In how long have the rich doubled their wealth?
30 years
How many children are living in poverty?
1 billion
How much would it roughly cost to end extreme poverty?
~$60 billion (1/4 of 100 richest)
Define relative poverty
To be poor in relation to other people who live in your country
Define absolute poverty
Lacking the basic necessities for basic survival
What is the Christian teaching regarding to the root of evil?
‘Whof money is the root of all evil’
What is an example of the love of money being the root of all evil?
Corporations not paying taxes
- To accumulate more profits
- ->Impacts society negatively
What is the Christian teaching relating to storing up treasures?
‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures of Earth… But store up for yourselves treasures in Heaven’
What are the basic Christian teachings on wealth and poverty?
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
What fraction of humans live w/out electricity?
1/4
What percentage of human use up 85% of water?
12%
What is an example of storing up treasures on earth?
Cars Houses Boats Jewellery Possessions
What is the poverty cycle?
Economic decline --> Low Personal Income --> Less access to food and safe water --> Hunger & poor sanitation --> Disease, malnutrition and death --> Depleted workforce -->
State some causes of poverty
Natural Disasters
Unfair Trade
Education
Debt
Inadequate healthcare
How do natural disasters cause poverty?
In LEDC:
can’t deal w/ impact of disasters
(e.g infrastructure, deaths)
–>people exposed to worse conditions-could be unable to work
How does unfair trade cause poverty?
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
How does a lack of good education cause poverty?
Inhibits a person from acquiring a well paid job
–>People stay static for generations in their situations
How does debt cause poverty?
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
How does inadequate healthcare cause poverty?
People who are sick are less productive in work/could be unable to work
–>lower personal income
(part of poverty cycle)
What does Jesus teach about helping the poor?
‘Give up all you have and follow me’
What does the Bible clearly teach about poverty?
HELP THE VULNERABLE
‘love thy neighbour’
Jesus=lived as a poor man and helped those in need
What is the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats?
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
What do all Christian Churches teach about poverty?
Use personal wealth to help those who are less fortunate
What is the integral teaching of Christianity. that can fit attitudes about the poor?
LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR
What is the Christian teaching regarding Jesus’ attitude to those who are rich?
‘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’
What are American Evangelical attitudes to wealth?
View it as a gift/blessing from God
What is the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church when it comes to poverty?
Some priests & nuns take vow of poverty
Teach to share wealth
HOWEVER
Vatican’s net worth= $10-$15 billion
What is the estimated net worth of the Vatican?
$10-$15 billion
What jobs would Christians deem to be moral?
Doctor Teacher Nurse Firefighter Priest -->HELPING PEOPLE
What jobs would Christians deem to be immoral?
Pay day loans companies
Casinoes
–>EXPLOITING PEOPLE
