@joe_rigney Exactly. As important as the creeds are, they are not the law of God. The modus operandi of the progressivism represented by @HolyPost_Media@philvischer and @SkyeJethani is to question or reframe the law of God as non-essentials we can disagree on.
No, the pro-life movement does not exist primarily because we empathize with the baby.
We champion the right of babies to not be murdered because it is the right thing to do, regardless of whether we can feel what the baby feels.
If human rights movements were motivated primarily by empathy, they would be extremely fickle and untrustworthy.
You free slaves because owning image bearers is wrong, regardless of whether you can empathize with the pain of shackles
You feed the hungry because helping those in need is right, regardless of whether or not you also feel their hunger pangs
This is why Christian love is so radical and culture-shifting. It is not a love dependent upon your ability to relate to someone, or upon any of your feelings at all. It is a love fully motivated by the fact that Jesus loves us and that He calls us to love others, whether we can put ourselves in their shoes or not.
Empathy *can* be helpful in guiding us to love, but it is not synonymous with loveโor virtue or kindness.
Empathy can also lead harmful, because feeling how deeply someone feels can blind us to objective reality and morality. That is what I call Toxic Empathy, and it is the power behind so many bad cultural, moral and political decisions in our country.
Thatโs why Christians should opt for a truth-in-love approach rather than an empathy-led approach.
This is not complicated, you are not stupid, @philvischer, and, for all the time youโve put into talking about my book for the past year, you couldโve spared a couple hours to consult the source material. So, at this point, your constant mischaracterizations are just deceit.
@ShaneClaiborne Let's be clear, a culturally progressive Christian who rejects the Biblical sexual ethic, advocates for those rebelling against the Creator's order for gender, and supports abortion cannot be the moral arbiter of what is or is not the Gospel of Christ
๐จ BBC obtains footage from January 13 of a man they say is Alex Pretti
Videos appears to show him spitting at federal law enforcement and attacking their vehicle
@SHoddeMiller This is a shameful statement. I live here. Local leaders and media are spreading false narratives and at the least incomplete facts getting everyone riled up. Local leaders have demanded total non-corporation with federal law enforcement from local law enforcement.