Mini-Posts: They Call Themselves Christians!

I am not religious but I remember the part of  the Bible where it says... "Love thy neighbor as thyself" 

Can empathy lead to sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can

AP News

By  TIFFANY STANLEY

August 21, 2025

Empathy is usually regarded as a virtue, a key to human decency and kindness. And yet, with increasing momentum, voices on the Christian right are preaching that it has become a vice.

For them, empathy is a cudgel for the left: It can manipulate caring people into accepting all manner of sins according to a conservative Christian perspective, including abortion access, LGBTQ+ rights, illegal immigration and certain views on social and racial justice.

“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” — Galatians 6:2

“Empathy becomes toxic when it encourages you to affirm sin, validate lies or support destructive policies,” said Allie Beth Stuckey, author of “Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion.”

Umm.... maybe just possible it might be you. You let your hate blind you to the teachings of Jesus. Didn’t He say, ‘This is the new covenant in my blood’ (Luke 22:20)? That covenant was built on mercy, not cruelty—on sacrifice, not self-righteousness. If you can’t show empathy, then what gospel are you even following?

These anti-empathy arguments gained traction in the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term, with his flurry of executive orders that critics denounced as lacking empathy.

As foreign aid stopped and more deportations began, Trump’s then-adviser Elon Musk told podcaster Joe Rogan: “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”

This is what I see... a push toward a Christian Nation that lacks empathy persecuting minorities based on "Fire and Brimstone" not love and understanding.

Let's look at Trump's track record:

• Cut USAID
• Thrown out the homeless. (Hmm... Didn't Jesus say: “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me… Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”)
• The persecution of immigrates, LGBTQ+ community.
• Cuttings funding for SNAP and WIC

Somehow I don't see that as very Christian... but his Christian right gobbles it up.