tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17169623.post683641043718331966..comments2023-07-17T08:46:06.273-07:00Comments on damascus: Is Poverty Spiritual?WTF?!http://www.blogger.com/profile/00485727784706231437noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17169623.post-55565217804548780982013-08-24T04:53:17.651-07:002013-08-24T04:53:17.651-07:00That is what I am saying...
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But I would go o...That is what I am saying...<br /><br />;-)<br /><br />But I would go one beyond that to talk about the solution that arises from such a perspective; discipleship. And that this solution is actually the solution to any and every form of poverty.<br /><br />Discipleship is the process by which we learn to appropriate the victory of the cross to every aspect of our person, namely, our relationship to God, others, self, and the world. If we enter into the process of discipleship, we will find ourselves being healed of the root causes of poverty, and other forms of brokenness...WTF?!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00485727784706231437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17169623.post-58045529732522143032013-08-21T19:30:31.599-07:002013-08-21T19:30:31.599-07:00So I think you are saying the materially poor are ...So I think you are saying the materially poor are actualy poor in multiple ways and that sin is the root cause of it all. If that is what you are saying then I feel that it does define the problem correctly.mayotronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018589005543985821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17169623.post-85223451432940147122013-08-20T10:00:16.853-07:002013-08-20T10:00:16.853-07:00To clarify, I don't want to say that 'all ...To clarify, I don't want to say that 'all people are poor' but rather, I want to clarify what the roots of poverty are. Not everyone is materially poor, and that is not something to ignore, however, the root causes of material poverty are in human sin, just as suburban angst is. They are very different manifestations of human commonalities. This means that they need to be addressed in different ways, but the same underlying problems lead to commonalities in the solutions as well...<br /><br />For example, the solution to suburban angst AND urban dis-empowerment might well be addressed (in some small specific cases) by having middle-class suburbanites mentor the materially poor in their finances. Whereas we typically tend to conceive of the solution to the problem through the binary options of de facto segregation and/or redistribution.<br /><br />This is highlighted if we define poverty in terms of these four relationships, but is obscured if we define poverty as a lack of stuff.WTF?!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00485727784706231437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17169623.post-83874683830668971422013-08-16T19:18:31.127-07:002013-08-16T19:18:31.127-07:00I thought I posted a comment earlier but it looks ...I thought I posted a comment earlier but it looks like it didn't take. Well here it goes again<br /><br />I like the overall point that we are all lacking something and thus we are all poor. My only apprehension is that if you make everyone poor then no one is poor. Redistribution of goods and services are not the solution to the problem of poverty but I don't think redefining poverty is. Everyone is "poor in spirit" but not everyone is materially poor. Being materially poor comes with its own causes and symptoms that are distinctive from the suburban angst so many people feel. For example: If I have to figure out how to pay my bills I'm not thinking about how to find meaning in my life. I say this from experience :)mayotronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018589005543985821noreply@blogger.com