Jesus was not for the poor, at least if you look at the history because in medieval times, 95% of people were poor peasants who were oppressed thanks to Jesus' philosophy. Kings, aristocracy, and clergy had a divine right to be cruel towards the poor/ peasants.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
