Most religions and people believe that the poor should not be ignored and it is not always their fault that they are in the situation they find themselves in. There are many ways people may fall into poverty, but they all agree that they must work to eliminate it. When we say rich what we mean is the people who earn more disposable income (income that is left over when everything they need to survive is paid for) than they can actually, sensibly spend.
In Christianity they do not condemn those who are rich, but the ones who use their riches for bad rather than good as it says in the bible ‘People who want to get rich fall into…foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction’1, this is saying that money can make people turn to evil ways. So would say there can be rich people in the world, as Jesus taught a lot on stewardship and how to be a good steward. He said ‘ When I was hungry you fed me…what you did for the least of my brothers you did for me’ Jesus......
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