[Theo]

Here’s the quote in context, courtesy of Google:

http://books.google.com/books?id=tQ8L5fQoo2MC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=wine-guzzling+vagrant+and+precocious+socialist&source=bl&ots=Qi-g4jSYaE&sig=IAqZ5v2i2dcQwJKUTBmJu0N4MHk&hl=en&ei=1Cz9TPLjL4m_nAedmfTICg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=wine-guzzling%20vagrant%20and%20precocious%20socialist&f=false

[kosciusko51]

Thanks for doing this. In context, the quote is even worse than it initially appears.

[snowmaiden]

Thanks for the context.

The author is not referring to Jesus as a wine guzzling whatever the rest of the quote is. She’s making a fairly frequently made comment that church people are focused on religion while ignoring the poor.

That view is inaccurate, but she didn’t slur Jesus.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Here’s the quote in context, courtesy of Google:

Thanks for posting. I read a couple pages--that book should be banned simply for being mind-numbing drivel. I re-read it to see if I was being dense and concluded no, I wasn't--the passage was just really bad.