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One more comment....I agree, as a Christian, that empaths have the gift of discernment which is plainly, navigation and sensitivity to the truth along with specific talents...each of us have different talents, the key is to go to Jesus, and his spirit will help you find yourself, and then use it for his glory!!
Empaths don't tend to 'come across' empathetic, however the 'coming across' to others, is the observers' own apathetic response to something which is rare and little understood or comprehended. What I'm saying is that people most often are less empathic than they think they are, and confuse sympathy with empathy.
Empathy is truly something of God's nature. But while confusing that with sympathy, you have a different version of God who appears in your imagination as some kind of non-material yet human-like parent.
Sympathy is mathematical, mirrored memories and perception, putting together pictures out of things that already exist (which is how they are teaching AI). This is why one might think God is 'very old' or 'must have a white beard' or is like a 'wise old man' or 'must be like a human without a body' or 'thinks' or 'decides' or 'has bad days' or 'gets angry'.
While an empath sees the absurdity of how people might think, the sympathetic see absurdity in the empath. Jesus saw demons in people. Pharisees 'declared' absurdity in Jesus. Both are true, but which one is absurd? Because one isn't, and yet today, no-one speaks of it, they don't dare. Leave that to the movies.
Sympathy is to the mind/flesh - it can be helping someone suffer in comfort (many do this and feel happy in doing so). But they might think that this is empathy.
Empathy is to the soul/spirit - it is seeing the suffering, seeing the solution, and taking a person out of suffering even if it means their own suffering. The methods may 'appear' as non-empathetic to others. But this is what happens when you think sympathy, is empathy.
Empathy is truly something of God's nature. But while confusing that with sympathy, you have a different version of God who appears in your imagination as some kind of non-material yet human-like parent.
Sympathy is mathematical, mirrored memories and perception, putting together pictures out of things that already exist (which is how they are teaching AI). This is why one might think God is 'very old' or 'must have a white beard' or is like a 'wise old man' or 'must be like a human without a body' or 'thinks' or 'decides' or 'has bad days' or 'gets angry'.
While an empath sees the absurdity of how people might think, the sympathetic see absurdity in the empath. Jesus saw demons in people. Pharisees 'declared' absurdity in Jesus. Both are true, but which one is absurd? Because one isn't, and yet today, no-one speaks of it, they don't dare. Leave that to the movies.
Sympathy is to the mind/flesh - it can be helping someone suffer in comfort (many do this and feel happy in doing so). But they might think that this is empathy.
Empathy is to the soul/spirit - it is seeing the suffering, seeing the solution, and taking a person out of suffering even if it means their own suffering. The methods may 'appear' as non-empathetic to others. But this is what happens when you think sympathy, is empathy.
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That is not entirely true. God put the Holy spirit on a few sinners for the purpose of making his people believe what he would do to them if they did not commit to his commandments. He filled Nebuchadnezza with the Holy Ghost briefly to tell him that he would take his people into exile and take their land. He told them what God had said, that the land would be his. He used joseph and mary, also Elizabeth as well. There are other incidents that i cannot recall at the moment.
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Not sure of your question....
I,believe God built within all humans the ability to,be empathetic to a degree so we can function as a society.
The Bible talks about bearing one another's burdens and one of the shortest and most powerful sentences in the Bible is Jesus wept. Also we have the verses about weeping when people weep and rejoicing when they rejoice,
So if you are asking can a Christian feel the feelings of another human being?
Then the answer is yes because that is how God designed humans to be.
However if your question is can Christians have this "magical" ability that other humans don't have to experience others emotions..,so much so that they can't tell their own emotions from the other person?
Then no..,demons are know on to torment people or puff up pride by telling them lies about how magical they are and how they have "secret knowledge"
I,believe God built within all humans the ability to,be empathetic to a degree so we can function as a society.
The Bible talks about bearing one another's burdens and one of the shortest and most powerful sentences in the Bible is Jesus wept. Also we have the verses about weeping when people weep and rejoicing when they rejoice,
So if you are asking can a Christian feel the feelings of another human being?
Then the answer is yes because that is how God designed humans to be.
However if your question is can Christians have this "magical" ability that other humans don't have to experience others emotions..,so much so that they can't tell their own emotions from the other person?
Then no..,demons are know on to torment people or puff up pride by telling them lies about how magical they are and how they have "secret knowledge"
