Jesus & Early Christians: Libertarians, NOT Socialists

Leftists regularly claim that Jesus was a socialist. However, the assertion that Jesus or Early Christians were socialists has zero basis in fact or evidence; it is, in fact, a big fat lie. The reason is: Socialism means government programs, but neither Jesus nor the Early Christians advocated nor used government programs for their wealth distribution.

This focus on government programs is not a side issue: It is a central issue, because the one uniquely defining feature of government as an organization, that puts it in a separate…