Is a skeptic missing the compassionate part of their being, while only focusing on logic?

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Well he might answer an email, he's said in the past that he tries to answer as many emails as possible. Although that was a while ago and not sure if he has the same drive anymore.



Yeah, and it would have been better if were as a nation were able to be more cool, calm and collected and lean on logic more instead of emotion. We wanted vengeance, and that is something that is easy to exploit for personal gain. As a society we should perhaps have more of a discussion about how valuable empathy really is past a certain point.



I think the attack was intended for the US as a whole.

Even then, I think the idea of "turning the other cheek" has a deeper message than just for someone who attacks you specifically. It is more about being empathetic towards those you feel do not deserve it. Whether they personally attack you or those you care about or people you view as innocent. You are talking about Jesus who was criticized for hanging around prostitutes and tax collectors.

It is an intriguing and beautiful message, but in reality can be a double edged sword. Honestly if you hit someone and their reaction was to turn the other cheek, would you really feel safe around them? Lol.

From my experience with others theistic or secular, the more someone gushes about love and how important it is the more rotten they tend to be in reality. While on the reverse side, those who have more coarse personalities and seldom talk about love publicly often surprise you with how caring and loving they can be. Seems like the former gets tangled up in the confusing psychological web of emotional empathy and the latter doesn't.



When you believe some people deserve to be tortured for eternity, a lot of the message gets lost. I am not so much arguing what the Bible says, but how people will respond to it realistically psychologically in mass. As an atheist I more simply view Jesus as someone who admired the idea of empathy and compassion for his fellow man and in return made some interesting statements and inspired others without really knowing where it would all lead.

I am busy today and will probably be so till the morning, or later. I will try to reply then.