THE BIBLE OPPOSES THE CULTURE OF DEPENDENCY AND AN ATTITUDE OF ENTITLEMENT

"Always judge your neighbors fairly, neither favoring the poor nor showing deference to the rich."

LEVITICUS 19:15

And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not completely reap the corners of your field when you reap, neither shall you gather any gleaning of your harvest: you shall leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

LEVITICUS 23:22

I THINK THESE SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE FACT THAT THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE A HIGH MORAL QUALITY TO THE HELP THAT WE GIVE THE LESS FORTUNATE AND THAT THE AID WE GIVE MUST NEVER BECOME A REWARD FOR LAZINESS OR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASING DEPENDENCE.

THE AID WE GIVE SHOULD BE TEMPORARY - UNTIL THE PERSONS CAN STAND ON THEIR OWN.

THE POOR DESERVE HELP AND BUT NOT HANDOUTS; THEY NEED TO MAKE AN EFFORT PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES.

NOR SHOULD THEY GET SPECIAL TREATMENT BEFORE THE LAW.

A LOT OF WHAT IS BAD ABOUT OUR CURRENT WELFARE STATE IS THAT IT HAS ENGENDERED AN ENTITLEMENT ATTITUDE AND A CULTURE OF DEPENDENCE.

THESE ARE NOT GOOD OR MORAL.

THE BIBLE SAW THAT, THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.