Christianity, poverty, and socialism or communism.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Actually, goes back to our founding...

Socialism as we know it now is a modern invention, but some of its concepts are old. Puritans, Quakers, Baptists and others over the years may have had various oddball theologies and practices, but all believed in the concept of the commons and that the community was supreme over the individual.

Even our Constitution speaks of "the people" in common and aims for the common good.

Was Jesus as communist? You hear that a lot because he was big on giving it all away and screwing the rich. However, he was living in the Roman Empire and had a very different view of things back then. His preaching about wealth sounds a lot like the way we talk about prosperity gospel types and the Koch Brothers.