Is sharing with hungry beggars who come asking at your door good Christian Charity?
and if it is, then why only share junk food with kids one day a year? How many of you open up your homes to feed those without food?
You get a STAR for that question!
Wouldn't it be cool if every day could be a "special" day when we share with people who are less fortunate than we are!!
Didn't Jesus teach us that what we do (or don't do) for the least of these here on earth, it is done (or not done) for Him?
If we are NOT feeding the hungry…we are NOT feeding Jesus Christ!
EDIT: Surely, you do know that Halloween is a time of innocent fun? I wouldn't miss the chance to give candy to all the little hobgoblins in my neighborhood good, wholesome, healthy chocolate!
And if a hungry beggar should happen to show up at my door, he can come inside and have a sandwich and some nice apple cider, with the rest of the gang. We'll be watching Halloweentown movies on television…
Because its fun. Christianity doesn't prohibit fun or humanity. Only pharisees do.
Also, I would never turn a hungry person at my door away without feeding them.
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Jesus said whenever we give to the needy not to let our left hand know what our right hand was doing; so that our giving may be in secret and that our Father would reward us.
So therefore anyone who answers your question will have their reward - the favor of man, not God.
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I give all year long. Yes, feeding someone who is hungry who may come to my door is good. I would do it in a heartbeat.
BUT~ Halloween is the ONE day I get to spoil the neighbor's children, and generally have a fun time answering the door. I don't know who you think may never give, but I find people like that to be very rare in my neck of the woods. Everyone is very giving and have kind hearts and do much good and service work in this world.
Edit: Hey Paulo, the needy don't know who gives it. And all you know about is my avatar which isn't me. LOL I just kind of object to a question that echoes a bit of judgmentalism. However, let's see what the answers say. I'm very curious.
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Since when do Christians behave Christ-like?
That, for them, is almost a sin…
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Trick or treaters do not constitute hungry beggars. But to answer your question , yes it would.
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charity is not the giving of your goods
1Cr 13:3 "And though I bestow all my goods" to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
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"The poor are with you always." Halloween has become a time for people to try to create "neighborhoods" which are safe and welcoming. It is not an act of charity to give candy to kids at your door, it is an act of social bonding.
If you don't want to participate…sit around in the dark until the people at your door go away.
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I send out bags and boxes of canned goods all the time–pity I won't be home to hand out the candy this year, but my daughter will take polaroids of the kiddies for me this year
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We are all equally guilty of removing direct contact with the needy from our lives, however, it's still a good thing to donate to a food pantry or send a check to homeless shelters. My point is that we should all give not just of our bounty but we should volunteer on occasion to actually get down and dirty with the folks that have less than we do. PEACE!
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You get a STAR for that question!
Wouldn't it be cool if every day could be a "special" day when we share with people who are less fortunate than we are!!
Didn't Jesus teach us that what we do (or don't do) for the least of these here on earth, it is done (or not done) for Him?
If we are NOT feeding the hungry…we are NOT feeding Jesus Christ!
EDIT: Surely, you do know that Halloween is a time of innocent fun? I wouldn't miss the chance to give candy to all the little hobgoblins in my neighborhood good, wholesome, healthy chocolate!
And if a hungry beggar should happen to show up at my door, he can come inside and have a sandwich and some nice apple cider, with the rest of the gang. We'll be watching Halloweentown movies on television…
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Halloween is a FUN holiday. It's so fun to see kids come to your door all dressed up and asking for candy…
If someone is hungry i won't turn them away, I'd feed them! Even if I only had bread and water!
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Yes, it is good Christian charity, provided you do not give them something that is rotten.
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trick or treat! happy Haloween!!
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i do sometimes actually
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It is even if it is not Christian charity. I don't open up my apartment to give food to the poor but my husband donates $24.00 every year to the poor people for me, him and his first wife every Ramadan. Giving junk food to little kids is not charity.
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Give a man a fish - You fed him for a day and encourage him to come back tomorrow. Teach a man to fish and you have fed him for a lifetime, he can abandon his begging ways and help others.
Have a very happy and productive Feast of all Saints.
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Sharing with the hungry is good charity, whether Christian or not. And I do not give junk food to trick-or-treaters (who are not generally hungry beggars). I keep a jar of pennies and let them grab a hand full.
But there's a great deal of difference between feeding the hungry and OPENING YOUR HOME to do so. You can feed the hungry through donations to soup kitchens or food pantry organizations, including either food or cash. But opening your home, especially to the homeless, is just asking for trouble. Very poor people tend to feel justified in stealing, for one thing, and for another, putting them out into the cold at night can be harder than you think. More than once I have had an apartment turn into a "crash pad" to the point where I had to move out. One cannot then use that landlord for a reference after that, you may be sure. I will not let that happen again.
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My long, strange trip of a life
Give then a fish, and they'll eat today.
But if you teach them to fish, they will eat every day!
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Sadly, most of the people I know who have spent a lot of time feeding the poor were doing community service to work off a DWI.
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