Calling empathy a ‘sin’ is the moral rot of our times. When caring for others is framed as weakness, cruelty becomes acceptable—and injustice spreads under the guise of righteousness.
The magats hate empathy until something bad something to them. Than they want not only pity but hand outs they'll never give out to others. The most they deserve is rope to hang themselves with.
As someone who has experienced an NDE, I can say life should never been about religion. When you talk to people who’ve had near-death experiences, you’ll hear remarkably similar themes — and they’re not about doctrine, hierarchy, or institutional control. They’re about love. Compassion. Connection. Accountability for how we treat one another.
That’s why I struggle with the rigid framing of faith as rule enforcement rather than lived empathy. The Bible, like any ancient text, was written and compiled by human beings in specific historical contexts. To treat it as a weapon of control rather than a guide toward love misses the heart of what many of us understand spirituality to be.
The only “religion” that has ever made sense to me is love and compassion in action.
What concerns me most is the presumption of moral hierarchy — the idea that some people are inherently closer to God and therefore entitled to judge, control, or dominate others. History shows us how dangerous that thinking can become. When empathy is dismissed as weakness, it often opens the door for cruelty, exclusion, and even violence to be justified in the name of righteousness.
If faith does not expand our capacity for empathy, humility, and self-examination, then what is it accomplishing? “Do unto others” is empathy in action. It is not hierarchy. It is not control. It is not selective compassion.
We can disagree on theology. But if love and compassion are absent, something essential is missing.
I’m not Christian. Unfortunately (in my view) Christianity is fundamentally hierarchical and divisive. The idea that you are saved simply by your belief in Jesus, and that non-believers are not saved and bound for hell, sets up a “I’m better than you” approach to life. Also the belief in both the old and new testaments puts Christian’s in the company of the chosen people, and god then works for them and not the rest of us pagans and non/believers. So why be empathetic to us?
How is history divisive when Jesus admonishes us to "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"? It is not a mere suggestion. And yes, Christians, Jews and Muslims are all people of The Book and are pretty much from the same neighborhood, but you will find the thread of compassion running through Sikhism. Hinduism, Buddhism,Jainism, Taoism and Zoroastrianism. Just remember that we humans have the capacity for great good as well as great evil. Your choice.
There is nothing wrong with being empathetic to anyone! I find this administration very unhelpful and disrespectful to anyone serving in our congress especially during the testimony of AG Bondi she is completely devoid of the victims of Epstein Scandal!
luv Everyone. To be decent, is what good life is about! Mel Brooks, though, is not one to give in to sadness, despair, “Just be kind. That’s enough advice for anybody,” he says. “It’s so easy to hurt people. Don’t.”
My favorite part of anti-immigrant self-professed Christians is how the Bible they pretend to believe in has about a hundred verses which state they are to treat immigrants as equals. Not terrorists.
I love that this is being said. Had a similar conversation with a friend of mine who refuses to visit his daughter's house because she's not married and living in sin. She's an adult, free to make her own choices.
Jesus, we're told, was a poor Palestinian Jew. Brown. I am a professing Christian.
I am a middle-aged white man. To "gender" the creator is a joke. To worry if Mary was a virgin is a joke. To show empathy to all is serious business. We are commanded to do so. That's the one and only way we show gratitude for creation. Hate injures the hater as much as the hated. It separates us from our mutual destinies. Love Forward Together!!
Another non-Christian here, believing that God is neither male or female, and the Dogma of it all absolutely divides, conquers, harms, and kills. Well, I guess 'opinions' deserve Empathy. :) The good news is that many people are waking up and not adhering to the fraud and the control, which 'religion' excels in.
Calling empathy a ‘sin’ is the moral rot of our times. When caring for others is framed as weakness, cruelty becomes acceptable—and injustice spreads under the guise of righteousness.
Sociopaths and psychopaths--who have no capacity to feel much of anything--need to frame empathy as week cuz they have never felt it. BULLIES, all.
The magats hate empathy until something bad something to them. Than they want not only pity but hand outs they'll never give out to others. The most they deserve is rope to hang themselves with.
As someone who has experienced an NDE, I can say life should never been about religion. When you talk to people who’ve had near-death experiences, you’ll hear remarkably similar themes — and they’re not about doctrine, hierarchy, or institutional control. They’re about love. Compassion. Connection. Accountability for how we treat one another.
That’s why I struggle with the rigid framing of faith as rule enforcement rather than lived empathy. The Bible, like any ancient text, was written and compiled by human beings in specific historical contexts. To treat it as a weapon of control rather than a guide toward love misses the heart of what many of us understand spirituality to be.
The only “religion” that has ever made sense to me is love and compassion in action.
What concerns me most is the presumption of moral hierarchy — the idea that some people are inherently closer to God and therefore entitled to judge, control, or dominate others. History shows us how dangerous that thinking can become. When empathy is dismissed as weakness, it often opens the door for cruelty, exclusion, and even violence to be justified in the name of righteousness.
If faith does not expand our capacity for empathy, humility, and self-examination, then what is it accomplishing? “Do unto others” is empathy in action. It is not hierarchy. It is not control. It is not selective compassion.
We can disagree on theology. But if love and compassion are absent, something essential is missing.
I’m not Christian. Unfortunately (in my view) Christianity is fundamentally hierarchical and divisive. The idea that you are saved simply by your belief in Jesus, and that non-believers are not saved and bound for hell, sets up a “I’m better than you” approach to life. Also the belief in both the old and new testaments puts Christian’s in the company of the chosen people, and god then works for them and not the rest of us pagans and non/believers. So why be empathetic to us?
How is history divisive when Jesus admonishes us to "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"? It is not a mere suggestion. And yes, Christians, Jews and Muslims are all people of The Book and are pretty much from the same neighborhood, but you will find the thread of compassion running through Sikhism. Hinduism, Buddhism,Jainism, Taoism and Zoroastrianism. Just remember that we humans have the capacity for great good as well as great evil. Your choice.
There is nothing wrong with being empathetic to anyone! I find this administration very unhelpful and disrespectful to anyone serving in our congress especially during the testimony of AG Bondi she is completely devoid of the victims of Epstein Scandal!
luv Everyone. To be decent, is what good life is about! Mel Brooks, though, is not one to give in to sadness, despair, “Just be kind. That’s enough advice for anybody,” he says. “It’s so easy to hurt people. Don’t.”
My favorite part of anti-immigrant self-professed Christians is how the Bible they pretend to believe in has about a hundred verses which state they are to treat immigrants as equals. Not terrorists.
https://www.openbible.info/topics/immigration
I believe we need to confront them regarding their hypocrisy at every opportunity.
Got it!
These “men” are the most fragile losers known to man!
I got stuck on "right thinking" and questioned the biased within which would then trump empathy (pun intended)
I love that this is being said. Had a similar conversation with a friend of mine who refuses to visit his daughter's house because she's not married and living in sin. She's an adult, free to make her own choices.
Jesus, we're told, was a poor Palestinian Jew. Brown. I am a professing Christian.
I am a middle-aged white man. To "gender" the creator is a joke. To worry if Mary was a virgin is a joke. To show empathy to all is serious business. We are commanded to do so. That's the one and only way we show gratitude for creation. Hate injures the hater as much as the hated. It separates us from our mutual destinies. Love Forward Together!!
Unfortunately, These people only feel compassion for those who look like them.
Another non-Christian here, believing that God is neither male or female, and the Dogma of it all absolutely divides, conquers, harms, and kills. Well, I guess 'opinions' deserve Empathy. :) The good news is that many people are waking up and not adhering to the fraud and the control, which 'religion' excels in.
Oh thank you…for putting words to this truth….