Wasn't Jesus a Socialist? (Limbaugh, enemy, healthcare, rating)

[Tank1906]

I'm not in any way a religious person but it would seem to me that people who claim to be religious would believe in the availablilty of healthcare for all. Did Jesus say no to the less fortunate or did he heal them as well? Don't church members pay "tithes" 'cough' taxes 'cough' to the church which are used to fund programs that the entire congregation benefits from? Does that make Jesus a tax and spend liberal? Would Jesus have sided with corporations or the common man? Since the right widly throws the word socialism around as slander, please explain to me how this works. I know it would require a conservative religious person with common sense and the rare ability to tell the truth, so I wont hold my breath.

[Chromekitty]

Originally Posted by Tank1906

I'm not in any way a religious person but it would seem to me that people who claim to be religious would believe in the availablilty of healthcare for all. Did Jesus say no to the less fortunate or did he heel them as well? Don't church members pay "tides" 'cough' taxes 'cough' to the church which are used to fund programs that the entire congregation benefits from? Does that make Jesus a tax and spend liberal? Would Jesus have sided with corporations or the common man? Since the right widly throws the word socialism around as slander, please explain to me how this works. I know it would require a conservative religious person with common sense and the rare ability to tell the truth, so I wont hold my breath.

heel them??? pay tides??? LOL!!

[Art123]

Jesus was a liberal Jew.

[KevK]

Yes Jesue was a socialist. At least when it came to the basic things. But that was then. If you listen to the Republican religious fundies, Jesus has changed since he died and came back to life again. He now embraces free market capitalism, unregulated greed and hates the poor. That is why he sends hurricanes to poor places like Mexico and New Orleans and not to wealthy places like Boca Raton.

[meson]

I'm not sure but he was a community organizer!

[Tank1906]

Originally Posted by Art123

Jesus was a liberal Jew.

The religious right will surely disagree...or at least lie about it.

[Mike from back east]

If people think Jesus got upset at the money-changers in the temple, get a load of how he'd go absolutely berserk at the phony baloney dudes in the temple these days using his name for their personal greed. He'd pound wooden stakes through the hearts of Falwell(d), Robertson, Dobson and all the other phony preachers conning people out of their money with phony issues like gay marriage, stem cell research and the like. Then he cut out the tongues of the right wing mouthpieces for bearing such horrendous false witness with their lies. What a sight that would be, Jesus in full beard and robes, wielding the flaming sword of truth, eviscerating fat pigs like Limbaugh, et al....

[odanny]

Originally Posted by Tank1906

I'm not in any way a religious person but it would seem to me that people who claim to be religious would believe in the availablilty of healthcare for all. Did Jesus say no to the less fortunate or did he heal them as well? Don't church members pay "tides" 'cough' taxes 'cough' to the church which are used to fund programs that the entire congregation benefits from? Does that make Jesus a tax and spend liberal? Would Jesus have sided with corporations or the common man? Since the right widly throws the word socialism around as slander, please explain to me how this works. I know it would require a conservative religious person with common sense and the rare ability to tell the truth, so I wont hold my breath.

Jesus weeps at what is committed in his name. Most of his followers are frauds

[hawkeye2009]

Originally Posted by Tank1906

I'm not in any way a religious person but it would seem to me that people who claim to be religious would believe in the availablilty of healthcare for all. Did Jesus say no to the less fortunate or did he heal them as well? Don't church members pay "tides" 'cough' taxes 'cough' to the church which are used to fund programs that the entire congregation benefits from? Does that make Jesus a tax and spend liberal? Would Jesus have sided with corporations or the common man? Since the right widly throws the word socialism around as slander, please explain to me how this works. I know it would require a conservative religious person with common sense and the rare ability to tell the truth, so I wont hold my breath.

Jesus was not a part of any political party. He was opposed to tax collectors and was considered to be a political enemy by the local Jewish rabbis as well as the Roman government. He advocated charity to the poor, not government confiscation and redistribution at THIER discretion.

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by Art123

Jesus was a liberal Jew.

I'd have a corned beef with him anyday...at Altman's in East Baltimore....