dilloduck
Diamond Member
My point is that NO political philosophy would apply to Jesus. That includes socialism. I'm very familiar with the loaves and fish parable. Jesus fed a mulititude with 5 loaves and 2 fishes. That's not socialism; it's a miracle.
The government didn't come along and take 3 loaves and 1 fish to give to a poor family. Instead Jesus, out of the goodness of His own heart, made the most of what He had. He just happened to be Jesus, so He was able to perform a miracle. If you MUST draw a parallel, I'd say this supports capitalism more than socialism because *obviously* Jesus was able to do more with what he had than Ceasar would have been able to do.
He didn't NEED governemnt intervention to be giving.
However, I STILL think that Jesus would have been neither capitalist or socialist. He was completely apolitical, as I've said before. I think Jesus was far more concerned about the hearts of men than their voting record.
I don't think Jesus would run around saying "soak the rich " either. He sorta encouraged people to look for spiritual treasures and reminded them how hard it was for a rich person to enter the "kingdom of heaven".