did anybody here know that communism in the U.S. had its roots in christianity?

[freepcrusher]

In the 50s and 60s there were a lot of religious groups that flew under the anti-communist banner like Fred Schwarz christian anti-communist crusade, anti-communist pastor and radio personality Billy James Hargis and the John Birch Society. But I found that communism and socialism had its roots among protestant clergyman including Harry Ward and Walt Rauschenbusch. Did anyone here know about any of this?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Your bizarre terminological choices notwithstanding, I am very aware of Christian socialism, yes.

[The Mikado]

Communism, as an organized political force, was effectively dead in the United States by that point anyway: CPUSA (which had been decently-sized earlier on) collapsed almost completely after the double blow of Khrushchev's condemnation of Stalin and the 1956 Soviet Invasion of Hungary.