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Chjose your own heresy: Empathy – the eighth deadly sin?

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As you may recall, the eight classic sins are: pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, sloth, and empathy.

I don’t remember that last one. Maybe I wasn’t paying attention that day.

According to author Joe Rigney, empathy is a sin and a counterfeit version of compassion. I’m not linking to the book because why should I? That’s an odd line to take, yet it allows Joe and others like him to say that verses like “Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.” (Romans 12:15) is not a direction towards being empathic.

If you want to justify your behaviours that Jesus and the rest of the Bible characters would probably have a problem with, I guess you could choose this heresy. I can’t recommend it, but who am I?

You can save your friends from hell by just forgiving them their sins

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It turns out Jesus doesn’t forgive people’s sins; his followers do (or are supposed to).

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.” And after he said this, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone’s sins, they are retained.”

John 20:21-23 NET