the definition of Radical is thoroughgoing or extreme, esp. as regards change from accepted or traditional forms:a radical change in the policy of a company. At the time that Jesus was around the traditional beliefs of the general populace were not in accordance with what we take as acceptable today, which mainly stem from Christianity which is what Christ was spreading about. So in that day and age yes, Jesus Christ's views were very radical indeed. They were against the established social order, if implicated into the society there would be drastic changes, and the very order of day to day life would have been changed.