Comments on: The Ability to Eliminate Extreme Poverty Is Just a Matter of Priorities

By: Poverty, inequality, sustainability. How did we become okay with this? « life without icecream

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:44:35 +0000

[...] American churchgoers is $5.2 trillion. The amount of money needed to end global poverty is about $74 billion a year.” That’s 1%. (I wonder how Australian churches stack [...]

By: tex

tex — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:03:40 +0000

Where did Scott get the American churchgoer income statistic?

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By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:26:10 +0000

Great stuff. Very encouraging to hear the statistical evidence of extreme poverty on the decline. It is wonderful to hear such news!

I would be hesitant to agree that $74 billion a year would end poverty. There are many more factors than that involved. Yet, it is great to give $$$ to people in need.

By: Sarah Charles

Sarah Charles — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:20:18 +0000

“We used to say that 40,000 children under age 5 die every day of hunger or preventable diseases. Then about 6 to 7 years ago this number was 30,000. Today, 24,000 children under 5 die every day of hunger or preventable diseases.”

—I’m so glad that those numbers are going down. They are still high but they are lessening. Praise God! —

By: Steve Mooradian

Steve Mooradian — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:36:51 +0000

Yeah, I don’t mean to beleaguer the point but we, as fallen man, do not have the ability to end poverty, any more than we could end sin. It’s almost a little narcissistic to think that that’s our calling — although I know you don’t have that in your heart, so don’t read me wrong.

Graphs are tricky things. We could cut the number of hungry in half year after year after year… and never feed everyone, because we’d always have “halfway” to go.

We are called to *fight* poverty… no more. There is no end conclusion that we are called to attain… other than to be more Christ-like to our most pitiful extent possible. No mission accomplished awaits us here on Earth… only “well done good and faithful servant” in the kingdom to come.

This isn’t a parsing of words, I don’t think. This is a Biblical approach to man and to serving Christ. The secular humanists are the ones who think man can end their own suffering. We know better.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:50:55 +0000

The posts on this blog have me rethinking my life and causing me to contemplate everything I do these days….

Whether it be going to see a movie (even at the two dollar movie theatre that is two days worth of income for a family somewhere!) or eating a can of soup that costs $1.89…………

If only EVERYONE would sit down and read these posts or just listen when someone tells them the positive impact that they could have on another family……….

The graphs are excellent. Thank you. Perhaps I can change some hearts by using them… )

By: Mike Stephens

Mike Stephens — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:19:09 +0000

I agree, when you seen the numbers it is quite simple…very obvious. I am thankful Compassion allows and helps me end poverty for a few people!

By: Poor African

Poor African — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:38:58 +0000

“Ending extreme poverty* is a practical, achievable objective and is an objective that can be completed by our generation.”..”
Of course poverty isn’t natural. We weren’t born to live in poverty. Poverty is man-made and can be eliminated by man.
Thanks very much for sharing. these are great posts!

By: Juli Jarvis

Juli Jarvis — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:53:14 +0000

This is outstanding. I will definitely share some of these facts when I speak in churches. It also has hit home with me personally. Thank you so much for the research and for sharing it with us…