Friday, November 21, 2008

Why wasting on "No-hopers"

Just read today that the CEO of Harvey Normam has slammed the Australian Charities in "wasting" their donations on no-hopers.

RETAILING billionaire Gerry Harvey has lamented that Australian charity is being wasted on "no-hopers". Asked in a new book about his community role, Mr Harvey said giving to people who "are not putting anything back into the community" is like "helping a whole heap of no-hopers to survive for no good reason".

He said it was arguable that giving charity to the homeless was "just wasted". "It might be a callous way of putting it but what are they doing?" he said. "They are just a drag on the whole community." More

Most people would be shocked to see such statements especially if it comes from the mouth of a billionaire. However, I'm not too surprised. I can see his point and why he's making such "bold" statement.

For those who attended my Sunday School classes before, they also should know the answer to it.

Remember the question: Why a poor people will always be poor no matter how much you have helped them? Giving money, food, shelter, etc etc. For those who know the answer, feel free to post it into the comments.

I guess that's why Mr Harvey is saying they are just a drag the community .

Does that means we shouldn't help those no-hopers? Certainly not, we should help more but in the RIGHT way. What's the right way? Refer to the answer to the above question.

If they can't grasp it, to be honest, I agree with what Mr Harvey said.

How about Jesus? Would he have physically help EVERYONE that he saw? Many would say yes, I said not really. Remember he walks away from crowds that are still waiting for him to perform healing miracles? Same principle here.

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