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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
Do you have anything to back this up?
And religious communities do provide charity and moral support but you know who else does as well? About 50 agencies downtown for the homeless, abused women, drug abusers and so on. And they do just fine doing it without being a church.
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Yeah, they are great. I'm not saying we shouldn't have a safety net or social benefits to help those who need it. However, government offices, while necessary, tend to change a community's social fabric, rather then become a part of it, given that they don't depend on the community for sustenance (like a church does - people have to sit in pews), but answer to a central office in another city run by people with myriad incentives.
This isn't a discussion about welfare reform. It is about what happens to communities when they fall apart, and the individuals who stay in the ruins have nothing to compel them to live productive, peaceful, and responsible lives.
As for back-up, one only has to look at increasing government spending, stagnating economies, and declining demographics to know that the Western welfare state faces profound change.