{"id":42995,"date":"2018-09-05T08:33:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T07:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=42995"},"modified":"2018-09-05T08:33:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T07:33:03","slug":"someone-should-tell-the-daily-mail-jesus-was-a-socialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2018\/09\/05\/someone-should-tell-the-daily-mail-jesus-was-a-socialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone should tell the Daily Mail Jesus was a socialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6132509\/Archbishop-Canterbury-declares-wealthy-families-pay-tax-help-poor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mail is very upset this morning<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42996\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.24.15-550x472.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.24.15-550x472.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.24.15-350x300.png 350w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.24.15-768x658.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.24.15-467x400.png 467w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.24.15.png 1416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>Maybe the Mail should read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+4&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke Chapter 4:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2018\/09\/05\/someone-should-tell-the-daily-mail-jesus-was-a-socialist\/screen-shot-2018-09-05-at-08-23-17\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42997\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42997\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.23.17-550x335.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.23.17-550x335.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.23.17-493x300.png 493w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.23.17-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.23.17-600x365.png 600w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.23.17.png 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note the good news to the poor bit?<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe the Mail should read the Magnificat, sung\u00a0every evening in every Cathedral in the UK:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2018\/09\/05\/someone-should-tell-the-daily-mail-jesus-was-a-socialist\/screen-shot-2018-09-05-at-08-29-24\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42998\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42998\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.29.24-550x528.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.29.24-550x528.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.29.24-313x300.png 313w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.29.24-768x737.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.29.24-417x400.png 417w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.29.24.png 1130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Try 52 and 53 for starters, I suggest.<\/p>\n<p>I can hear the storms of protests I will get for saying this, but Jesus was a socialist.<\/p>\n<p>And so were the early Christians. Try this from Acts 2:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2018\/09\/05\/someone-should-tell-the-daily-mail-jesus-was-a-socialist\/screen-shot-2018-09-05-at-08-31-25\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42999\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42999\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.31.25-550x219.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.31.25-550x219.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.31.25-768x306.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.31.25-600x239.png 600w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-08.31.25.png 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Justin\u00a0Welby is being true to his faith.<\/p>\n<p>The Mail need to understand it.<\/p>\n<p>So too does the whole Church of England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mail is very upset this morning: Maybe the Mail should read Luke Chapter 4: Note the good news to the poor bit? Or maybe<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2018\/09\/05\/someone-should-tell-the-daily-mail-jesus-was-a-socialist\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}