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Empathy stops people from doing awful things pretty regularly. Moreover, many religions allow people to subvert their empathy w.r.t. people who don't fit hetero
by rxhernandez 5y ago
Empathy stops people from doing awful things pretty regularly. Moreover, many religions allow people to subvert their empathy w.r.t. people who don't fit heteronormative standards. Hell, some sects of Christianity are pretty awful to women.
I don't see a use for religion other than to allow people to skirt their responsibility in having/maintaining a mature line of empathy.
- deertick1 5y agoEmpathy can also lead you to make destructive decisions and fallcious moral reasonings. Truly though, any sect of christianity that abuses non heteronarmative people or women is not living by the law of the bible. I know this sounds like a "no true scotsman" fallacy but really, If you read the bible, 100% of awful christian behaviour is in spite of the bible, not inspired by it.