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!religiouscringe@midwest.social
Conservative Christians are fundamentally incapable of understanding the concept of a social contract in a pluralistic society. They'll console themselves with the belief that empathy is a sin whilst stepping on our necks with the authority of the state.
This comment will probably seem tone-deaf at best and malicious at worst. I want to be clear that I am not saying people shouldn't be empathetic. I'm not saying that empathy-based morality is a problem. I'm not saying being a bigot is okay. So what am I saying?
It's just that yesterday I learned from the Healthy Minds program that empathy can sometimes be problematic, and that the solution is compassion.
The problem has to do with the fact that some service workers are immersed in workplaces filled with suffering. Think of nurses. Think of first-aid responders. These people constantly see human suffering. And if these service workers empathize with the suffering, they themselves can suffer immensely.
The solution, the Healthy Minds program claims, is to not be empathetic, but compassionate. The difference is that empathy, at its core, is about understanding and feeling what others are thinking and feeling. However, compassion is about understanding others enough to be able to understand their difficulties, and (crucially) wishing them well. Empathy over-identifies with suffering and compassion believes suffering is the current reality but improvements are possible.
If you are interested in reading about this, it's ironic that the Wikipedia article is titled "Compassion fatigue". I suppose that the Healthy Minds app uses different definitions than the Wikipedia article.
Anyway, I will do what the program suggests and wish you all the best!
Sometimes I really believe I have died and gone to hell. WTF did I do to deserve this crap?
For those who might want to know what she means by that phrase, here's the full interview (archive). It's... certainly a viewpoint.
Too much of anything can be bad, but in North America Christian evangelicals could use more empathy.
People are leaving churches over "woke" sermons like caring for the needy or turning the other cheek.
It's common knowledge that Jesus Christ only handed out food for 2 denarius per family. Healing a common illness was priced at 3 denarius but a miracle such as curing blindness would cost 5.
I legit felt my brain cells dying reading this!
The best thing to say to hateful “Christian’s”: Eat shit. Your god love me too.