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Wasn't Jesus the original Marxist?
VERY different.

Christ preached love, forgiveness and tolerance.

Marx encouraged class hatred and violent revolution.
Giving to those in need of your own free will is what Jesus preached. He didn't have government enforcement.
He claimed that there would come a time when the rich would be stripped of everything and the poor would have something. He just never got the chance to show how he would make that happen. We do know how that works in a world where revolution is successful though.

That's the dichotomy of the contemporary American Christian for me. They vote right wing and donate to churches, but it seems the complete opposite of what Jesus would have done.