People With No Empathy

[DrCIH]

Good evening brother and sisters,
There is something that has been stuck in my mind for a long time.
One of the basic principles in christianity is that there is good in every person and by showing love to them you can awaken that goodness. Even if the person is pretty much a lost soul.
But in psychology there is a term called psychopath. The explanation for this phonomenon is a person that cannot feel empathy and doesn't feel guilt about his actions. They are like soulless and is incurable. They are like that till the rest of their lifes. They are ready to commit the most disgusting deeds and feel no emotion about this.
Do we christians actually believe that such people exist and is there hope for them? How can you help a person that has no feelings? How can you love them without them using you and playing with your lovable nature? Does the bible deny the existance of souless people among us?

Please explain me

 

[gzt]

I would just note that not everybody who has that affliction goes on to do evil. So there is surely something that can reach them.

 

[dysert]

Good evening brother and sisters,
There is something that has been stuck in my mind for a long time.
One of the basic principles in christianity is that there is good in every person and by showing love to them you can awaken that goodness. Even if the person is pretty much a lost soul.
But in psychology there is a term called psychopath. The explanation for this phonomenon is a person that cannot feel empathy and doesn't feel guilt about his actions. They are like soulless and is incurable. They are like that till the rest of their lifes. They are ready to commit the most disgusting deeds and feel no emotion about this.
Do we christians actually believe that such people exist and is there hope for them? How can you help a person that has no feelings? How can you love them without them using you and playing with your lovable nature? Does the bible deny the existance of souless people among us?

Please explain me

Not to debate you, but simply to provide an alternate view. Personally, I think there are people that don't have any good in them. They, like everyone else, can only come to a knowledge of God by Him revealing Himself to them.

I don't think I'm a sociopath, but because of medications I feel no empathy myself. I'm not evil, though, and God managed to save me despite my lack of feelings. You have to remember that it's all about Him, and none about us.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Good evening brother and sisters,

hello!

Do we christians actually believe that such people exist and is there hope for them?

people that there is no good in? no, all humans are made in God's image, no matter how distorted that image may be. so yes, there is always hope for them.

How can you help a person that has no feelings?

prayer, forgiveness, fasting

How can you love them without them using you and playing with your lovable nature?

doesn't matter if they abuse your love for them, God calls on us to love everyone no matter what.

Does the bible deny the existance of souless people among us?

yes, in Psalms and Genesis

 

[DrCIH]

Thank you for your answers. This gives me food for thought .
Bless you all.

 

[E.C.]

If someone truly is a psychopath than that is their cross to bear. Just because they may be one does not automatically deem them to be evil. When I used to watch the show "Criminal Minds" there were quite a few occasional characters who were psychopaths but endured to be good honest people.

I think the question you should ask yourself is why would you love a psychopath any less?

 

[com7fy8]

God is easily able to turn any evil person into a child of God. Acts 26:18

He is almighty so God is able to cure our nature so we become loving. 1 John 4:17

 

[Gxg (G²)]

If someone truly is a psychopath than that is their cross to bear. Just because they may be one does not automatically deem them to be evil. When I used to watch the show "Criminal Minds" there were quite a few occasional characters who were psychopaths but endured to be good honest people.

I think the question you should ask yourself is why would you love a psychopath any less?

Everyone has a purpose, even if they do not see it for themselves and instead turn toward destructive purposes.

 

[DrCIH]

Yes, you are right. We are all created by God's image and someone not being able to have emotions isn's nesecerely evil. It's just their lesson to learn loving without feeling any emotions.
This really eases my mind a lot.
Thank you all .

 

[ArmyMatt]

It's just their lesson to learn loving without feeling any emotions.

indeed, because love is an action and not an emotion