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Was Jesus a Socialist? - Why This Question is Being Asked Again, and Why the Answer is Almost Always Wrong (Paperback)
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Was Jesus a Socialist? - Why This Question is Being Asked Again, and Why the Answer is Almost Always Wrong (Paperback)
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Socialism is making a comeback-and so is the idea that "Jesus was a
socialist." In this timely new book, Foundation for Economic
Education president emeritus Lawrence W. Reed shows it is pure
fantasy to believe that Jesus wanted earthly governments to
redistribute wealth, centrally plan the economy, or impose welfare
states. Economist and historian Lawrence W. Reed has been hearing
people say "Jesus was a socialist" for fifty years. And it has
always bothered him. Now he is doing something about it. His new
book demolishes the claim that Jesus was a socialist. Jesus called
on earthly governments to redistribute wealth? Or centrally plan
the economy? Or even impose a welfare state? Hardly. Point by
point, Reed answers the claims of socialists and progressives who
try to enlist Jesus in their causes. As he reveals, nothing in the
New Testament supports their contentions. Was Jesus a Socialist?
could not be more timely. Socialism has made a shocking comeback in
America. Poll after poll shows that young Americans have a positive
image of socialism. In fact, more than half say they would rather
live in a socialist country than in a capitalist one. And as
socialism has come back into vogue, more and more of its advocates
have tried to convince us that Jesus was a socialist. This rhetoric
has had an impact. According to a 2016 poll by the Barna Group,
Americans think socialism aligns better with Jesus's teachings than
capitalism does. When respondents were asked which of that year's
presidential candidates aligned closest to Jesus's teachings, a
self-proclaimed "democratic socialist" came out on top. Sure
enough, the same candidate earned more primary votes from
under-thirty voters than did the eventual Democratic and Republican
nominees combined. And in a 2019 survey, more than 70 percent of
millennials said they were likely to vote for a socialist. Was
Jesus a Socialist? expands on the immensely popular video of the
same name that Reed recorded for Prager University in July 2019.
That video has attracted more than four million views online.
Ultimately, Reed shows the foolishness of trying to enlist Jesus in
any political cause today. He writes: "While I don't believe it is
valid to claim that Jesus was a socialist, I also don't think it is
valid to argue that he was a capitalist. Neither was he a
Republican or a Democrat. These are modern-day terms, and to apply
any of them to Jesus is to limit him to but a fraction of who he
was and what he taught."
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