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"Republicans and evangelicals increasingly see empathy as a danger that can lead society away from God." (thelemmy.club)
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https://religionnews.com/2026/10/20/an-empathy-gap-divides-americans-ahead-of-the-midterms-say-prri-report/

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[–] 37 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

I agree with Jordan from Knowledge Fight. At some point you gotta look these people in the face and say "bro I think you got tricked by the devil to worship him instead"

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  • [–] 26 points 7 hours ago* (1 child)

    It’s kind of impressive how white evangelical Christians are on the wrong side of every social, political, or economic issue. They are incapable of even falling into a good position or two. But I guess that’s what happens your religion dialectically evolves to be nothing more than a vessel for white supremacy and settler colonialism - and also why the people most similar to white American evangelicals are Zionist Israelis…

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  • [–] 7 points 6 hours ago*

    I remember when christians in this country were like no to abortions, queer people and biotech but at least were midly positive to helping refugees and against eugenics. Now they aren't even that positive to refugees in principle despite that being one of the clearest and most consistent points in the entire bible. Anti-empathy is also crazy. God is dead and they are worshipping manosphere podcast post-Nietzcshian-slop

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