Why do so many children live in poverty?
If, on any Sunday morning in America, you were to visit a Sunday school class full of small children, there are two things that are nearly guaranteed. On the wall there will be a picture or poster of Jesus with a group of children around him. And the class will end up singing the song “Jesus loves the little children.” Christians are quite fond of both the imagery and the music. The question that we should ask is a simple one. If Jesus is all-powerful, all-knowing and all-loving, and if Jesus loves the little children, then why do so many children live in abject poverty? A paper entitled “Chronic poverty in India” describes the poverty faced by the world’s children in this way: Poverty has been described as a situation of pronounced deprivation in well being and being poor as to be hungry, to lack shelter and clothing, to be sick and not cared for, to be illiterate and not schooledPoor people are particularly vulnerable to adverse events outside their control. They are often treated ba
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