Was Jesus a Socialist?

 By Kelvey Vander Hart - Posted at Caffeinated Thoughts:

I attended a university that holds to a Christian worldview.

During one of my classes my professor said one of my least favorite statements: “Jesus was a socialist.” He then pulled out the classic things Jesus has said that are used to back this statement up. Included on the list were things like Christ telling us that it’s harder for the rich to get to heaven than it is for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle and similar verses from the Gospels.

My professor and I went back and forth on this throughout the entire semester. Is he right? Was Jesus truly a socialist? Did the Savior of the world hold beliefs similar to that of Karl Marx? My answer is firmly no.

To begin, we must have an understanding of what socialism really is.

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