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It should be given freely, not because you were forced to. It doesnt mean anything if you were forced.
Is the point of charity to feed the hungry or to let rich people feel good about themselves?
It doesn't matter to the hungry person if the food they eat was paid for by taxes or voluntary charity. Food is food.
Ultimately to help people, but if you're forced to, that doesnt mean anything. It just means you figured paying taxes was easier than going to jail
It doesn't mean anything to whom?
Cause I bet it means a lot to the people who need food and shelter.
Uhh it means the hungry person is no longer hungry. That's pretty meaningful to the hungry person.
If you mean it doesn't mean anything to you, then that's your deal.I'm not so sure. That smells a bit of entitlement if I'm being honest. If an unhoused person or a single parent in a food insecure household get food assistance/school meals for example, I'm sure the help meant a lot to them. It doesn't seem like it means anything to you because you have the luxury/security to worry about ethics and other more abstract things. But if you're hungry, food is food. Help is help. And if you were forced to give the food...those people still get to eat at the end of it all
TIL feeding the poor doesn't matter if the vibes of the wealthy are off.
It absolutely means something, it means the poor suffer less. That’s the point, not your moral absolution
It's still meaningful because it is helping people, but it's probably not going to count in your favor spiritually. Unless you're supporting getting the system set up or keeping it in place I guess.
Exactly! Paying taxes doesnt make you a good christian, helping people voluntarily does.