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An ‘empathy gap' divides Americans ahead of the midterms, says PRRI report (religionnews.com)
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Results of a survey, split out by religion (10 groups), where Americans answer how strongly they agreed with two statements:

  1. "Empathy is a foundational moral value that helps build a healthy society", and
  2. "Empathy can become dangerous when it leads people away from building a society guided by God's truth".

The top 4 groups most likely to agree with (1) and least likely to agree with (2) were, in order (1 vs. 2): Unaffiliated (83% vs. 13%), Other non-Christian religion (80% vs. 18%), Jewish (77% vs. 23%), and White mainline non-evangelical Protestant (73% vs. 25%).
The least likely to agree with (1) and most likely to agree with (2), by far, was White evangelical Protestant (42% vs. 44%).

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[–] 5 points 6 days ago

Doesn't including a reference to god in the question complicate the conclusion it gives? For example, if belief in god, especially a god that is referred to as a single entity with a capitalized name like that (which isnt something that fits some religions out there), has a political divide as well, then people may answers the latter question in a way that reflects that religious gap just as much as an empathy one.

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