Chjose your own heresy: Empathy – the eighth deadly sin?

As you may recall, the eight classic sins are: pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, sloth, and empathy.

I don’t remember that last one. Maybe I wasn’t paying attention that day.

According to author Joe Rigney, empathy is a sin and a counterfeit version of compassion. I’m not linking to the book because why should I? That’s an odd line to take, yet it allows Joe and others like him to say that verses like “Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.” (Romans 12:15) is not a direction towards being empathic.

If you want to justify your behaviours that Jesus and the rest of the Bible characters would probably have a problem with, I guess you could choose this heresy. I can’t recommend it, but who am I?

The toxic amalgamation of Christian nationalism with social darwinism at its
crudest:

https://baptistnews.com/article/heres-whos-behind-the-war-on-empathy/

#Empathy #ChristianNationalism #SocialDarwinism #JoeRigney #DougWilson #AllieBethStuckey #GadSaad #ElonMusk

Empathy Problem: too much #empathy might cause one to get too caught up in feelings, leading to unhealthy relationships, where a person's feelings control everything.

Misusing Empathy: People can use empathy to trick others, so when #feelings become more important than truth, the most sensitive people can end up controlling everything.

Scripture: The Bible says to "weep with those who weep,” but strong feelings can lead people in the wrong direction.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

#compassion #JoeRigney