"the Gospels are pervaded with the spirit of Socialism and Communism."
This article quotes from an 1890 book by Reverend Professor William Graham of Queen's College Belfast.
“Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism” - Lenin
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The churches' christology is indeed a pauline one which in many aspects contradicts teaching of the messianic nazarene rabbi. BTW the four canonical gospels contain two sermons on the mount. Luke's version is more extreme (woo the rich, they who laugh now, they will be poor and cry, bless the poor and they who cry now they will be rich and laugh in the kingdom). At the same time there is no criticism of slavery.
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Jacques Ellul's Subersive Christianity is recommended reading