Jesus and the original Christians were radical anti-imperialists and proto-communists, they preached of a God of love in a time when all other religions aside from Buddhism preached warfare, conquest, and gods of hatred and vengeance, he preached that all peoples are part of one common human community, he fought the vicious reactionary misogyny of the local religious leaders, he treated whores, slaves, and lepers better than he treated priests, merchants, and governors; he challenged the authority and greatness of the Roman Empire and religious leaders alike. The only moment we see Christ enraged in the entire New Testament is towards merchants and money lenders. His Church lived communally, raised each other up, rejected patriarchal social norms, and engaged in large scale mutual aid which attracted thousands to his side. As a consequence of his anti-imperialist and revolutionary message, the Roman Empire publicly tortured Christ to death and then produced propaganda to warp him into an ally of Rome to quell those who continued to feel the burning embers of the revolutionary flame Christ lit in the hearts of the masses. Even Buddhism was promoted towards the wealthy and powerful, while Christianity said rich men will basically never get to Heaven