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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.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Whoa. Its hard to get it that wrong.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What did I get wrong? Where did Jesus advocate for forced redistribution by government?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Jesus literally said to pay your taxes. What is a tax other that forced redistribution?

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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."

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

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?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 hours ago

It sounds like the state won.