So, I'm taking another class that has to do with ministry and the poor.
I have to do a final project in a few weeks.
So, I'm conducting a research study. What is your attitude about poverty?
From my interactions at Houghton College, I had come to believe that the attitude of the typical Christian is pretty peculiar: we care a lot about poverty abroad, but not so much in our own backyard. Lots of anecdotal evidence has convinced me that this is true. But I haven't seen any real science to back up that claim.
I am seeking, in this study, to determine the real attitudes that Americans, Christian or not, hold about domestic poverty, global poverty, the government's role in help, and the charitable role in help.
So far, my results have been very interesting. I'll be publishing the final paper right here.
If you'd like to participate in the survey, and live in the US, click here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=OyL1W2WzAkuADvekK_2fyjMw_3d_3d
Oh, and please publicize this link. My goal is to get 1000 respondents from across the country in two weeks, so every survey counts.
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you got it man!
The thing is that to a great degree its right. American poverty is not poverty. The standard of it is prescribed by the federal governement. In the least, even if the standards of poverty were the same, the American poor would have opportunities that the other poor could never have dreamed of (public school, community college, minimum wage, public libraries, et.).
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