[QUOTE=vrblackwell;963400]You have no idea who I am or what I know. My wife an I volunteer monthly at Convoy of Hope as well a soup kitchens. I give money monthly to organizations that feed and cloth the homeless. Most of them are there because of poor choices they have made in life. I have tried to help some get jobs and come out of those situations and they all make excuses and refuse the help.
Your words deny you. Anyone who has worked with the poor up close would not just call them lazy people who make poor choices. A child who grows up in a poverty-stricken neighbor, an environment where education is not emphasized, a fatherless home and lies be being peddled to them before they are of age to even discern a lie from truth, are not just "poor people who make bad choices." That's a heartless thing to judge. Your words betray your resume, my friend. 100% of the people I know that work regularly with poverty in their cities... not ONE of the people say the things you do.
If it's true you GIVE to charity, that's different from being CHARITABLE and SHOWING Charity. Don't be discouraged because people don't take your advice. You can't undo a mentality, an addiction, a wounded life in a 30-second Dr. Laura-ish sound byte. Don't think you can either. We aren't called to success, we are called to love. We aren't called to make people do what we tell them, we are called to compassion. Our motives prevent us from really applying sincere love (Romans 12) to the wounds of those around us.
IF you will notice in my post I said we should help the elderly, handicapped and THOSE WHO ARE DOWN ON THERE LUCK AND GOING THROUGH HARD TIMES. However, we should not be supporting people on a continual basis who sit in there home provided by the government, watching cable tv.
I agree 
But nor do I think that number is very representative. Nor will it affect compassion and charity. Someone will always have an excuse.
"I urge. I plead with you. Take a social science class on it. I really think you'll at least reconsider your perspectives."
As far as the above, no thank you. I don't need some bleeding heart liberal at a college lecturing me on the homeless. As I mentioned above I've been on the front lines enough to know what goes on.
Your choice to remain ignorant. Liberal or Conversative, Poverty studies would be helpful to your understanding of the problem, and hopefully heal your compassion. How you choose to resolve the issue could be partisan, but as a believer, justice and charity are non-partisan issues.
I understand there are people who really do need help and we should give them that help.[/QUOTE]
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