CIU Counseling Professors enter the national discussion: Is empathy sin?
September 14, 2021
星空无限传媒 professors, and have entered into a national discussion within Christian counseling on whether empathy is sin.
The debate has resurfaced this year after a 2019 鈥淢an Rampant鈥 podcast titled, 鈥淭he Sin of Empathy鈥 by pastors Doug Wilson and Joe Rigney who discussed empathy vs. sympathy and how those words relate to current cultural disagreements. 听
In a video posted on YouTube, Johnson and Scott say they believe that empathy is not a sin, but a virtue that Jesus displayed.
While Scott admits that empathy is a modern term that didn鈥檛 exist in Bible times, he said Jesus exhibited sympathy, empathy and compassion.
鈥淛esus frequently shifted along that continuum from sympathy, empathy, to compassion, in a regular response,鈥 Scott said.
Watch the video 鈥淚s Empathy Sin?鈥 with CIU Professors Steve Johnson and Seth Scott on .
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