Most arguments for capitalism hinge on the consequences: capitalism enriches people while socialism impoverishes. But few Christians will take a class in economics so they will not care about consequentialist arguments. They consider morality more important than consequences and capitalism to be inherently immoral. Yet, almost half of the country is evangelical or Catholic. We lovers of liberty can’t afford to ignore them. How do we address their moral concerns without succumbing to theonomy? One way is to connect Jesus with capitalist principles.
Modernist theologians from Germany who denied the deity of Christ, fabricated the idea that Jesus was a socialist over a century ago. Both Protestants and Catholics promote that nonsense today. What were Jesus’ real views on politics and economics?
