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Well if you look at Christianity from a political perspective it is predominantly socialist. It certainly does not have a capitalist bent to it.
And let's not forget it was the Christians who started introducing socialism into this country in the late 1800's
12 Kerberos

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Well said bump..

[Don't forget they introduced both socialism AND prohibitionism into this countries politics in the late 1800's.]

13 tpaine

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This is simply not the case.

If you read the Old Testament in particular you will see in ancient Israel a capitalistic economy, with charity focused on the individual, with a strong belief in private property and the rule of law.
And nothing in the New Testament contradicts it.

Those who say that it's the government's job to care for the poor (meaning, of course, that it's the taxpayer's job) aren't reading their Bible very carefully.
-Zack-

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Zack, you are making a religious point while trying to rebut historical political facts. Both socialistic & prohibitionistic schemes were introduced into American politics by Christian movements in the late 1800's.
-- Its been downhill for our liberty ever since.

Zack, you are making a religious point while trying to rebut historical political facts.

Then you ought to be more blatant in qualifying your statement, because you said, "Well if you look at Christianity from a political perspective it is predominantly socialist. It certainly does not have a capitalist bent to it."

Then you spoke about history. So I felt called to correct your first stament, which is inaccurate.

Prohibition was indeed a largely Christian movement. It was a mistake, and an easily corrected mistake had anyone bothered to consult the New Testament, which doesn't forbid drinking at all - just drunkenness.

But socialism, as a movement - I'm not educated about its origins.

You'll find amongst reformed believers, which were the sort that founded our country, a definite trend away from socialism, and toward freedom, which I believe to be consistent with the Biblical message.

Zack, you are making a religious point while trying to rebut historical political facts. Both socialistic & prohibitionistic schemes were introduced into American politics by Christian movements in the late 1800's. -- Its been downhill for our liberty ever since.

Christianity has been around as many millenia as America has centuries.

What happened here is not the be-all and end-all.