Bernie is no Jesus

I realize that hyperbole is an important aspect of political campaigns, and that everyone concerned with particular candidates will use this technique for promoting views.  I sincerely hope that the above example of this practice which puts good ol’ Bernie, in the sandals of Jesus Christ, doesn’t gain the traction hoped for.

Socialism has nothing in common with the life or the teachings of Jesus Christ which were pointed most directly at the individual lives of those to whom he was speaking too or about.

Socialism definition,

a theory or system of social organization that advocates the ... of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, ... are controlled substantially by the government rather than by private enterprise, and in which cooperation rather than competition guides economic activity.

It is very easy to equivocate a government action to some of the tenants of Christ’s teachings, but Christ always put emphasis on the individuals responsibility to his fellow man.  Christ taught mainly by parable, and from what I have read in the New Testament the only real reference to government had to do with felonious collection of taxes. Taxation was something, even in the time of Christ, was in most instance regarded as unfair and onerous. Something Christ regarded, in most cases, unfair.

Christ stated that mankind would always have its’ poor and that our role as individuals regarding them was to be that of caring in the form of Charity.  The progressive stance of a government based on collection of taxes under the ruse of being charitable has nothing to do with the practice of charity.  In fact it absolves the individual of his or her responsibility toward fellow man.  The politician ploy of providing goods and services through taxation is nothing more than a means to the goal of power.  The sales pitch of good vs evil based on the government being able to provide better than a charitable society does nothing to promote the growth of kindness within the society.  To love our neighbor as ourselves is a lot different than saying take from the rich and give to the poor.