Apostrovich on 30 September 2007
I'm going to abandon this argument as soon as I point out that empathy is not the innate care for other things or people, it is the ability to know that another creature has feelings and the ability to predict how they might react to stimulus. In other words, the ability to project ones self into another person's situation and imagine how they might feel or react. You can possess that ability and still be a douche to them.
And if you want to see the dangers of what you believe to be a harmless religion, look at the inquisition. Or the crusades. Religious thought is the same as any other type of thought except for one difference. Religious thought by definition does not have to be based on reality.
