[Nevadan]

Re: I think it also tells us to kick our brother in the ass if they won't get off the dime.
I think I missed that part. Can you give me chapter and verse?

That is a bit of a paraphrase, but actually the Bible does teach in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 that "If a man will not work, he shall not eat". It doesn't teach against helping people when they are "down & out" as you put it, but it does say that charitable resources should not be used for people who are simply too lazy to help themselves.

[CobaltBlue]

Matthew 6:26, "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"

[ClaireSolt]

My baby brother, age 51, committed suicide by jumping in front of a train last month. Mentally ill and homeless, I presume that he just didn't like any of his options well enough to continue the struggle any longer.