Charity Begins at Home

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Charity Begins at Home

Many people may think that charity should begin at home but then again

many people do not. It all depends on what people define as “home” it

could mean your own house, your community (in my case Wymondham), the

wider community (in my case Norfolk) or even Britain. Personally I

take my home as my house but as far as charity goes I would probably

say that it is also your community. Many Christians would possibly

take everyone as the start of their charity because like in the

parable of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), they believe that

everybody should be helped if they need it no matter who they are.

There are many plus points that suggest that you should aid people,

here are some reasons why people may do it: Many Christians feel that

it is their duty to help the less fortunate. In the Bible it tells

them that you must help the poor in Luke 6:20-21 it says that the poor

a special therefore you must aid them when they need it. Christians

will also follow the Golden rule which is to treat others as you would

want to be treated. A lot of people will be concerned that there are

thousands of people dying each day and when they see things on

television because they have been brought up with morals they will

have a feeling of guilt and therefore feel that they should help the

less fortunate because they are helpless and are in desperate need of

aid.

There are also bad points to contradict all the good ones here are

some reasons why people do not give to charity: If you do not give to

a registered charity then there is no guarantee that your money is

going to someone that actually needs it. Many people believe that

people abroad should ask their fellow countrymen and their government

to help them and not to rely on us giving them aid. Also a lot of

people think that we should boost our medical infrastructure to the

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