Gerry and Wes,<br><br> Thanks for your posts, you seem to have hit the button I was looking for. The main point is the degree of rampant covetousness and greed in our whole societal attitude. There will always be those who are lazy, but mostly, the "poor" we are talking about are those working or trying to find work, who as the speaker put it are not reaching the "capability to function", if you understand the description. <br><br> Most of us here are probably middle-class working people, who really have more than we "need", yet our focus is mostly is on getting more or at least maintaining our own lifestyles. I'm not pointing fingers here, except to myself more than anyone else. We are so busy "managing" our lives, our focus is not on our contribution to society in general, or how as responsible Christians we should be contributing, but more on how society is affecting or contributing to us!<br><br> Wes, I'm not sure how to respond to your question, but when I think about it, it might not be an all bad idea! In a way, I envy them, even though I'm sure it wasn't all fun and games. But I am sure their focus was better than ours! ( Or mine, at least)<br><br>In His Hands,<br><br>Ruth

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