Wealth and Poverty

Wealth and Poverty

The christen teaching on wealth and poverty is that all men should be

equal and thus every one should have the same amount of money as

everyone else and that good christens should give away their wealth to

people that were poorer than them selves. In the bible Jesus said to a

man who asked what he should do to enter into heaven: "Go thy way,

sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have

treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me." (Mark

7: 21) . Although Jesus did not condemn wealth, he merely taught how

hard it is for a wealth man to "how hard is it for them that trust in

riches to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to

go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the

kingdom of God". After he said this, his disciples where shocked: "And

they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then

can be saved? And Jesus looking upon them saith, with men it is

impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible."

(Mark 10:27). The disciples where so astonished because the teachings

of the time stated that riches where given by god as assign of

approval.

Amos, a profit acknowledged by both the Christian and Jewish

religions. Amos also sheared Jesus' view that it was very hard for

rich people to get into heaven, but not because of their riches alone,

but because of the way that they acted. He believed that the rich

should give aid to the poor, and he taught that social injustices such

as this were a sin and he considered that the rich peoples worship to

be a sham. Of all the people that caused injustices Amos said that the

rich wives where responsible for the most, and he often called them

'The Cows Of Bashan'

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