In Reply to: Re: The Family is an extension of the American culture posted by Pastor Don on October 15, 2008 at 06:03:39:
They would be the real Christians of course! Jesus was the original Socialist. He despised class distinctions, tried to destroy religious institutions, saw humans as being of equal value no matter what their background. He advocated caring for the weak, the sharing of wealth, the welfare of the poor, the paying of taxes to Ceasar, job security and equal pay for unequal working hours (parable of the talents), entitlement (prodigal son gets to split up what's left of the family fortune he already plundered), poverty on earth (riches are for later, in heaven) and spoke of a Utopia (a non-violent world where we all turn the other cheek and never worry about a feeding our families because we're worth more than the sparrows and God knows how many hairs we've got).