RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/117513639816516620
EMPATHY is the foundation of Jesus' New Command:
❝ John 13:34
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” ❞
if 66% of white "evangelicals" reject #empathy, they reject the gospels and Jesus’ teachings, aka evangelism. in other words,
A MAJORITY OF WHITE EVANGELICALS REJECT CHRISTIANITY.
they are the original definition of bigots: people who kill in the name of god. a term that btw originated during the era of intra-european crusades.
According to a recent survey, Americans are divided on whether empathy is a good thing. 83% of the religiously unaffiliated agreed that empathy is "a foundational moral value that helps build a healthy society” while only 42% of white evangelicals did. https://kottke.org/26/10/the-american-divide-on-empathy
@blogdiva evangelicals being antisocial monsters? Say it ain’t so!