Toxic Empathy book by Allie Beth Stuckey
Interview with Charlie Kirk
https://omny.fm/shows/the-charlie-kirk-show/10-16-hour-2-v1?seyid=28194
Points made:
Women are naturally led by empathy
Women naturally feel others pain
Women naturally are mothers
Misplaced mothering:
- if you have no children then you will mother something like a pet or a movement.
-Hoisted up victims who need your help or need your defense
ex. Vote for social justice when told when this poor black person is victim to police brutality so your misplaced mothering will be helped and nurtured by your vote
-you can mother and nurture and mentor a poor woman who is pregnant and needs an abortion so you are helping indirectly help when you are voting to allow her access to an abortion
-same for trans-kid
-same for Illegal alien
***Toxic Empathy shuts down critical thinking area of the brain
Empathizing turns Toxic:
-when it requires to agree with sin -when it leads us to affirm a lie
- when it requires us to make decisions that are ultimately harmful not just for the person but society as a whole
Think about both sides of the Equation:
-2 sides to the equation: Need abortion-feel her pain-but if we do what activists do and affirm the need for an abortion then we have forgotten about the other human being on the other side of the equation, the baby
--2 sides to the equation: illegal mother deported after fleeing Mexico and building a life here (we understand and empathize with this story) but dismisses the other side of the equation
Where gangs are overtaking cities with violence, murders, rapes, molested children, human trafficking, sex trafficking, and where are the 300,000 lost children brought over into our border
-2 sides to the equation: prisoners have the right to sex-changes so an example of toxic empathy because you have to empathize with prisoners and then provide the trans services. This changes policies that affect every inmate who has access to transitional services. Department of corrections no longer protecting women prisoners on other side where fully intact men are forced into their jail cells who are raping and impregnating them so abusing the most vulnerable women in the prison system
-party that says they care about women but only in terms of a free-for-all abortion -not talk about other rights like Title 9 or women’s spaces, or other protections
-democrats talk about freedom they only mean abortion and sexual immorality
-one victim so try to get you empathy/feel about one specific instance to latch onto evil policies over all
Empathy-unclean spirit that destroys the church
-obsession with people pleasing
-care more about their offense and feelings, anger, outrage, over shepherding your flock or over God then
-led by empathy then you will avoid parts of the bible that you feel will make people mad or hurt some people's feelings
-cover up cowardice by just preaching the gospel
-politics is theological so if you are preaching
Genesis 1:27
“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
-you will talk about things that are political
-made us male and female
-definition of gender
-definition of marriage
-we were made in God’s image so we should not be killing babies in the womb
Church Leaders:
-Pastors that believe they are entitled to better treatment than Jesus full of grace and power or Steven full of grace and truth
-judge effectiveness by people’s response to them
-Jesus was crucified-people chose a thief over him
-People chose to stone Steven to death for speaking truth of the gospel
New church incentives:
Rewarded worldview
-But the world says aren’t you supposed to lament and cry with the poor and those seeking justice?
-isn’t it a good thing if we empathize with the downtrodden?
-What is the worst that can happen?
-comes down to mixing up the true meaning of empathy and love
-we are called to love = come alongside those who mourn and those who rejoice
-taking care of the poor, fatherless, widow, etc
***church does create a refuge for the most vulnerable especially children
-we have changed the way the world sees children, human beings, and women
-Denial of the Imago Dei (Image of God) is sin
1 Corinthians 13:6
“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.”
1 john 4:8
“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
***God is love so He gets to say what it is and the qualifications of love which love is required to be intertwined with the truth
Weaponized Against:
-progressives exploit Christian compassion
Taking scripture out of context:
-love the sojourner
-love the least of these
-no law for borders in the name of empathy
-fall for open borders
-exclusively wrong and racist to have border enforcement
-demand our compassion or empathy without truth
-removal of factual and Biblical truth
Church:
-Ex. Pastor’s foolish tweet ”never trump this time Harris only Jesus”
-promoting from the pulpit that Harris is the better moral choice
-Promoting from the pulpit that you have a moral obligation to take an unwanted vaccination
-demoralizing congregations
-consider themselves conservative Christians
-duped by this delusion-that truth doesn’t matter or that facts do not matter
Ex. Pastors are saying:
-well maybe some of the policies on the democrat side are demonic and we know they are bad, but Trump’s personality traits are really bad
-make an excuse that Harris’s character is not worse than Trump's so justify choice but the policies last a lot longer than one person’s personality
Bible states: Jesus warning to His disciples
“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues. On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you” (Matthew 10: 16-20).
Church Communication barrier:
-convinced that Christianity is affirmation not truth
-removal of all tension: I don’t want to judge-so being pro-life-is overstepping
Ex. Even though you personally believe a marriage is between a man and woman that they are obligated to stay silent-that love actually compels them to stay silent
History of Church:
-look at pagan Rome = gender confusion, sexual immorality, abortion, infanticide, & all kinds of evil
-these pagan practices challenged and defeated because of Christians standing to point of martyrdom
-Christians fought against the tyranny of Nero, so child sacrifice ended
-Christians spoke against deadly ideologies
-church not out to garner our own political power but creating a place for the most vulnerable
-Christians fought for liberty to share the gospel
-ex, black woman going to jail for praying outside an abortion clinic by the Biden-Harris administration
Today the Church:
-we need to take the baton of those historical Christians
-Jesus wins in the end so there is no time to fear man
-the core of empathy so please man over God
-empathy is a cheap replacement for virtue and love
-we must submit to God’s definition of love and goodness
-we should not submit to human approval
-churches care more about what liberals think
-churches are not afraid of offending conservatives, offending pro-lifers, or trump supporters
-churches fear more of offending their black lives matter brothers and sisters, abortion, New York times, left side of the aisle
- approval feels good to be praised for not being like those dumb Maga Christian conservatives
-the after-party pastors who encourage their congregation to be dumb in their politics
-pastors that encourage their congregation to be progressive in their values
-pastors that encourage their congregation to compromise as a sign of righteousness and sign of holy maturity
Congregation should do:
-demand more out of pastors
-demand for clarity, encouragement, and courage
-reality of the policies being set before us
-if discipling on the issues is not being addressed in the church then the congregation will be fed by someone else
-the world will answer their questions
-demand pastors to not avoid controversial spots
-leave the church when their world view is being tainted by the world empathy, compromise, or silence
-leave the church that is not boldly nurtured by the truth of the Bible
Gender Ideology Infiltrates the courts:
Gender Ideology Infiltrates the schools:
“youth-friendly reproductive services.”
Puberty Blockers for Minors effects suppressed: They do harm
U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers goes Unpublished Because of Politics-Follow the money
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/science/puberty-blockers-olson-kennedy.html
https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/10/04/the-grisly-truth-about-kids-transitioning/?inf_contact_key=5aec4ba68ea0c3cea80eb75e96551ea24dfbc39d7283b2cb89d5189540b69330
Abortion: Follow the Money