sapphi_snake said:
mrstickball said:
Actually, one person can make a great impact in someones' life. If you are cold-hearted and don't even try to accomplish anything, then you'll never know what kind of impact can happen. Mother Theresa was one woman, but she did a lot of good. A friend of mine, Wanda Gibson was one woman that established a pantry that fed tens of thousands of familie in my county.
Unfortunately, it is poor motivation like that stated in the OP that make this world such a bad place to live. If you and everyone else that do not care, started to care about others that you don't know, we wouldn't be in the mess that we are in. Why do we need government welfare for health, economy, employment and everything else? Because many have failed to provide your community the same things. People have at many times and many places banded together to offer such services which have saved many lives. That hospital you go to for care? Most were established by Christians centuries ago. That kid a childless couple wants to adopt? (Modern) Adoption was created in the 1800's by a minister. Most modern welfare initiatives have their roots in one or a few people accomplishing incredible goals because they wanted to get something done.
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You're aware that religion and the state were higly connected centuries ago, so essentially it was still the Government establisinh those things, no?
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Care to offer an exact insight that would show that was the case? I'm not trying to make this a religious argument, but to say argue that religion and state were highly connected, thus meaning only government cares about people (or whatever your trying to get at) is a wrong concept for the most part.
My point is that anyone for any reason can endeavor to do great things to help those in need. One person cannot save the entire world from poverty, but they can do a lot to help people around them. If more did that, then we wouldn't have the poverty we see around the world.
