A deacon of a church in Utah weighs in on the prayer service at the National Cathedral to mark the inauguration of convicted felon Donald Trump as president of the United States where Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde exhorted the president to show mercy on migrants and the LGBTQ community.
Let me reiterate the Community Note here. Empathy is not a sin.
Empathy — our ability to care for others — is what makes us authentically human. I’ve read enough Philip K. Dick to know that and feel that.
And to have an ostensibly Christian deacon deny empathy, going so far as to label it a sin, is shocking in the extreme. I’m not a Christian, but it feels like a repudiation of anything this deacon’s Messiah taught. Jesus taught love. Ben Garrett’s doctrine, however, is an un-Biblical one of cruelty, malice, selfishness, and vengeance.
Garrett should listen to Benjamin Cremer instead.
Garrett’s “Christianity” has nothing to do with Jesus.
If empathy is a sin, then gladly shall I sin and lead a life of love and joy and kindness.
Empathy is not a sin.