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BE PUNK
FEED THE HOMELESS
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I think we should sometimes all just sit back and think to ourselves,
is this something Arthur would do?
or worse,
Is this something chapter 6 Dutch would do?
Be loyal to what matters, be like Arthur
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The Fuggerei in Augsburg, Germany, is the world's oldest social housing complex still in use.
Founder, German businessman Jakob Fugger wanted to create affordable housing for the poor.
Built on a 500-year-old agreement, approximately 150 needy Augsburg citizens of the Catholic faith live here for an annual base rent of €0.88 along with three daily prayers – the Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary, and the Nicene Creed – and doing a part-time job in the community such as being a gardener or a night watchman.
By 1523, 52 houses had been built, and in the coming years the area expanded with various streets, small squares and a church.
Expanding further in 1880 and 1938, the Fuggerei today comprises 67 houses with 147 apartments, a well and an administrative building.
Each unit has its own street entrance, it simulates living in a house. Ground-floor apartments all have a small garden and garden shed, while upper-floor apartments have an attic. All apartments have modern conveniences and a spare room.
The doorbells have elaborate shapes, each being unique, dating back to before the installation of streetlights when residents could identify their door by feeling the handle in the dark.
Standard rent in Germany is approximately €940 for a 1-bedroom, city-centre apartment. €700 for a 1-bedroom apartment outside of the city centre. €450 for a room in a shared flat.
It's estimated there are about 80 people on the waiting list for the Fuggerei.
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No place like Home
A home is a primary need for ANY human life.
No matter what place you call home, the very word itself strikes a chord deep inside each of us. Home means sanctuary, the place we can rest, relax, enjoy time with friends, learn, grow … and just be. Our homes say a lot about who we are and what we think is important in life. Across cultures and over the centuries people of varied means have made homes for themselves and for those they care about. Humans have clearly evolved to be home builders, homemakers, and home-nesters.
But unfortunately due to various reasons (i will be discussing in another post), over half a million people in America are currently experiencing homelessness. Most are individuals but there are also families with children, this includes people from every gender, race, ethnic group, age, social status, etc. This isn't only an American issue, it is worldwide but for now, we're only referring to America specifically.
The consequences of not having a home
Being without a home can negatively affect all aspects of life including your mental health. Being without a house also means a lack of social security, lack of health insurance, social isolation, health issues, malnutrition, lower life expectancy, unemployment, vulnerability to substance use and/or abuse, loss of self-esteem, exposure to high levels of pollution (depending on your location), lack of basic necessities, high vulnerability to crime and violence, Unsanitary living conditions, Severe weather, depression, anxiety, and it goes on...
In conclusion, living in the streets is very stressful
Imagine not knowing where your next meal will come from, or even if you’ll survive the freezing temperatures tonight? What would your life look like if the next 24 hours were filled with uncertainty, fear, and the lack of basic living essentials?
These kinds of situations can make a human go into survival mode which is an overactive stress response that drives people to obsessively think about painful things: things past, things to come, endlessly analyzing and solving for “what if?”. In other words – the worst version of brain overdrive you can imagine, all the time. It’s anxiety so powerful that it takes over your life –
So next time you come across a person living in the streets think twice about ignoring them or even going as far as being disrespectful to them, you truly have no idea of what they're currently experiencing.
I am not saying it is your or our responsibility to pull them out of the streets but I am saying it is human decency to feel at least a little bit of empathy toward them. It truly amazes me how cruel people can be to take advantage of their situation and treat them as if they're less.
Remember unless you are a millionaire you are one paycheck away (or one argument with your parents before they kick you out depending) from being in their shoes.
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FOOD WATER
SUPPORT SAFETY
EDUCATION PEACE
What are you doing to help your fellow companions in this world? Human beings just like you.
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Eric Clapton & B.B. King- “Help the Poor”
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“Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the richest man in the world,” Chappelle tells the audience. A number of audience members cheered — though there was also a loud chorus of boos, too.
“You weren’t expecting this, were you?” Musk tells Chappelle following the boos.
Chappelle responds: “It sounds like some of those people you fired are in the audience.”
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Hey you see that person shoplifting?
No you didn’t.
You see someone sleeping in their car?
No you didn’t.
People are already struggling don’t make it worse.
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When God Gives You Up | Tom Ascol [Ro 1:24-32]
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𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗠𝗬 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀
You are not beyond GOD's grace, even when GOD
gives them over to this way of thinking & living. Listen
to what the Apostle Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.
These are some of the most hopeful verses in the
Bible, when we are thinking of GOD giving people &
societies up to judgment, granting them their desires
to desire their own sexual suicide.
Listen to what he says in v.9-11
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 | Do you not know that the wicked
will not inherit the Kingdom of GOD? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
¹⁰ nor thieves, nor greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal
abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of GOD.
¹¹ And that is what some of you were. But you're washed,
you were sanctified, you were justified, in the Name of
the LORD JESUS CHRIST & by the SPIRIT of our GOD.
Sounds like being given over to Satan for the destruction
of the flesh so his spirit may be saved [1 Corinthians 5:5]
& similar to communion some of you have fallen asleep
[1 Corinthians 11:30]
1 Corinthians 5:5 | ⁵ hand this man over to Satan for the
destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved
on the Day of the LORD.
1 Corinthians 11:30 | ³⁰ That is why many among you are
weak & sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
We need to pray against the greed of man
May 17, 24 Republican governors commit to
help Texas defend its border with Mexico
This is akin to the attack on humanitarian aid
workers who are awaiting prosecution in Italy
for aid to illegal migrants drowning in 2017.
Effectively chilling effect as no one wants to
face prospect of spending 10-20 years in jail.
Lawyer said Europe is trying to overturn 70
years worth of laws that protect human life
to legalize ability to jail even doctors?!
Ezekiel 16:49-50 | Judgment on Jerusalem
⁴⁹ Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom:
She & her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and
complacent; they did not help the poor & needy.
⁵⁰ Thus they were haughty & committed
abominations before ME. Therefore I
𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻.
Excerpt from Article in the Guardian
MSF said: “As a medical-humanitarian organisation,
engaged for 50 years in over 80 countries, including
Italy, our hope is the sad story of the criminalization
of those who help will end in a timely manner.”
It estimates its six humanitarian ships helped
save more than 81,000 lives at sea.
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To be fair at the start, this is a drunk post as an atheist thinking of the Christian religion. If you are offended, your religion is not the reason.
That said, I think that while Christ's sacrifice upon the cross absolving our sins is fantastic, I think that within that sacrifice was His will to push helping the less fortunate, not stealing from them.
Can't wait to see the outcry... go ahead and tell me what you think...
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