I guess Mohamed was a socialist too - new left variety I expect. Don't suppose he realised either.
Moses, another definite progressive. Early version though, as only 10 commandments, a modern socialist would have thousands of more rules as to how you must run things.

Edited by carlonoil (09 Oct 2016 5.13pm)

If Jesus was a socialist, he'd have to regard himself as non-existent, given that socialism is atheistic (being both anti-theist and based in scientific rationalism).

Plus socialism promotes the importance of the secular existence and the functionality of the state.

Its like believing in God as the creator of evolution. Its just effectively picking the bits that support an argument and ignoring the rest.

Socialism traditionally isn't all that much into forgiveness and turning the other cheek, either. More revolution etc.

It also doesn't work in reverse. You don't tend to look at people like Marx, Engles, Castro, Meinhoff, Guevera or Lennin, and think, they're just like Jesus (except maybe in terms of having some fierce beard - well except for Meinhoff, although she did have quite a hairy mary by all accounts).

Just caring about the poor and being anti-materialist doesn't make you socialist either. Fascists and Nazism, also were very focused on anti-materialism and the plight of the poor.

You don't tend to picture Jesus on the mount, feeding the 5000, and then handing out AKR assault rifles to lead a guerrilla war with the view to overthrowing the Palestine puppet government of the Roman oppressors.

Jesus was an architect, previous to his career as a prophet.

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