| It was the result of having multiple pastors tell me,
| essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the
| Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching -- "turn the
| other cheek" -- [and] to have someone come up after to say,
| "Where did you get those liberal talking points?" And what
| was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when
| the pastor would say, "I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ,"
| the response would not be, "I apologize." The response
| would be, "Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's
| weak." And when we get to the point where the teachings of
| Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we're in a
| crisis.
On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 09:30:19 -0400 (EDT), [email protected] (Bradley K.
Sherman) wrote:
|
| Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are
| waging war on empathy
|
| Trump's actions are irreconcilable with Christian
| compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as
| a parasitic plague
| ... >><https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/08/empathy-sin-christian-right-musk-trump>
"The fundamental weakness of western civilization is empathy, Musk continued to Rogan, couching his argument in the type of
pseudoscientific language thats catnip to both mens followings on X. The empathy exploit. Theyre exploiting a bug in western
civilization, which is the empathy response."
He's a sociopath.
| It was the result of having multiple pastors tell me,
| essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the
| Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching -- "turn the
| other cheek" -- [and] to have someone come up after to say,
| "Where did you get those liberal talking points?" And what
| was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when
| the pastor would say, "I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ,"
| the response would not be, "I apologize." The response
| would be, "Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's
| weak." And when we get to the point where the teachings of
| Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we're in a
| crisis.
|
| Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are
| waging war on empathy
|
| Trump's actions are irreconcilable with Christian
| compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as
| a parasitic plague
| ...
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/08/empathy-sin-christian-right-musk-trump>
--bks
Interesting that you cite a bigotted, racist, anti-Christian article
as your evidence.
Laughter.
On 9/4/25 6:58, NoBody wrote:
Interesting that you cite a bigotted, racist, anti-Christian article
as your evidence.
Laughter.
Your god delights in your obedience.
On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 09:30:19 -0400 (EDT), [email protected] (Bradley K.
Sherman) wrote:
| It was the result of having multiple pastors tell me,
| essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the
| Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching -- "turn the
| other cheek" -- [and] to have someone come up after to say,
| "Where did you get those liberal talking points?" And what
| was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when
| the pastor would say, "I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ,"
| the response would not be, "I apologize." The response
| would be, "Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's
| weak." And when we get to the point where the teachings of
| Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we're in a
| crisis.
|
| Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are
| waging war on empathy
|
| Trump's actions are irreconcilable with Christian
| compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as
| a parasitic plague
| ... >><https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/08/empathy-sin-christian-right-musk-trump>
--bks
Interesting that you cite a bigotted, racist, anti-Christian article
as your evidence.
Laughter.
On Wed, 09 Apr 2025 07:14:16 -0700, Siri Cruz <[email protected]>
wrote:
On 9/4/25 6:58, NoBody wrote:
Interesting that you cite a bigotted, racist, anti-Christian article
as your evidence.
Laughter.
Your god delights in your obedience.
Siri: "Hic!"
On 10/4/25 8:50, NoBody wrote:
On Wed, 09 Apr 2025 07:14:16 -0700, Siri Cruz <[email protected]>
wrote:
On 9/4/25 6:58, NoBody wrote:
Interesting that you cite a bigotted, racist, anti-Christian article
as your evidence.
Laughter.
Your god delights in your obedience.
Siri: "Hic!"
You are in a prison of your own making.
The keys are at your hand.
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