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On Empathy, Book of the Week, and Colossians 1:1

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Mar 22, 2021
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On Empathy

A few weeks ago conservative Christian influencer James White was warning of the dangers of empathy, even calling it sinful. Now, if one means empathy in the sense of emotional coercion, then obviously that’s not good. However, White was defining empathy as something someone does to make you feel guilty for their trauma (like racism or sexual …

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