For all their “christianity”, republicans in the US are pretty hypocritical.
Jesus actually teached that everybody deserves to get fed and housed. That everybody deserves healthcare. That people should care for other people in their community. That is essentially the core principles of socialism.
What did I get wrong? Where did Jesus advocate for forced redistribution by government?
Where did he condemn gay folk?
What does that have to do with anything?
The question was whether or not he advocated for socialism.
Jesus didn’t say a lot of things the way we say them today. He did though advocate for the poor.
He advocated for people giving directly to the poor (i.e. charity), not for letting the government handle that.
Jesus literally said to pay your taxes. What is a tax other that forced redistribution?
Yes but did he say paying your taxes will remove the obligation to take care of your neighbor?
I’m kinda missing the verse where he said “Give Caesar what is Caesar’s, and let him take care of the poor.”
So Caeser can take the money and kill Christians with it instead? I’m not sure you’re making the point you think you’re making.
Yes, and that did in fact happen during the early days of the church, until Rome became the center of Christianity. So who won in the end?
It sounds like the state won.