Was Jesus a socialist?

Jeff Miller said
Thats interesting since "christianity" didn't exist untill after his death.

IMO, the man named Jesus was Jew who accepted the principles of Budism and made his own message out of the two.

There are certainly a lot of similarities, and if you read some of the gnostic texts, it is even more similar. However, there are similarities in lots of religions, and the common theme of detachment from earthly things is hardly unique to Buddhism or Christianity.

There isn't a lot of evidence of Buddhism being practiced in the Middle East, and I'm not sure how much trade and interaction with Buddhists was going on at the time, so I'm not sure what kind of opportunity a Nazerene would have to study Buddhism.

Cam71090 said
Well since I believe that Jesus is God, I would say Buddhism was probably influenced by him.

Except Buddhism pre dates the birth of Christ by several hundred years.

B-Train said
no.

How profound. Let me offer a rebuttal.. maybe.