[AntiGuv]

Christianity and socialism are by no stretch of the imagination incompatible. Quite to the contrary, Christianity is an intrinsically and relentlessly socialistic creed. Perhaps you should consult your Testaments more carefully?

[Torie]

Christianity is an intrinsically and relentlessly socialistic creed.

And then came the Calvinists, and it became more interesting. No socialists they, by and large. Ya, in their time, they were known to partake of vicious bigotry too. The point being, the Enlightenment made it all tolerable, this thread notwithstanding.

[narses]

You say:

"Christianity and socialism are by no stretch of the imagination incompatible."

The Church says:

...Christianity and Socialism are hopelessly incompatible...

See http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14062a.htm for the source and a truly erudite examination of the fallacy you proclaim so proudly.

[TradicalRC]

I got my Testaments right here. All political systems ore to one degree or another atheistic. It is no accident that the communists were ardent atheists.

For God's view of government, I highly recommenr 1Samuel chapter 8.

It is also no accident that the most zealous Christians were fiercely anti-communist and are loathe to witness any type of power grab by their own government against them.

[jwalsh07]

Quite to the contrary, Christianity is an intrinsically and relentlessly socialistic creed. Perhaps you should consult your Testaments more carefully?

Perhaps you should consult Pope John Paul II.