A reality check.

If you ever need to determine whether socialism has a sound basis or not, you have to turn to fundamental principles.
The Scriptures teach that man is 'a fallen being' in desperate need of redemption. He is incapable of saving himself and a gospel of 'working ones way to God' [ what is often called 'a social gospel' ] is doomed to failure.
Naturally enough, this has to be put into the correct perspective as - 'Faith without works is dead' so Christians are required to remember that if we fail 'to love our neighbour' then we are failing to love God!

Socialism and its marginally nastier brother, marxism, have a somewhat different take on this.
The belief shows man as a non-created being who continuously evolves and is effectively the 'author of his own salvation'.

It is difficult to see how Christian Socialists can marry these two diametrically opposite views.
Clearly, in many churches - particularly in their higher reaches and especially in the Anglican Communion - these two mutually exclusive belief systems are combined and customarily to the detriment of The Christian Faith.

The choice is stark - either a belief in Jesus or a belief in Man.
Man's record is not one I would personally want to rely on.
We are living in a decaying, decadent society. Is it really a coincidence that this decay works in tandem with the displacement of Christian belief?