Yeah, as someone who has a branch of the family that I consider lost to Nationalist Christianity (aka White Evangelical Protestantism), I’ve seen them as a cancer upon this country for a long damn time. It is a genuinely hateful and distorted form of religion, and the fact that the vast majority of American society can’t fathom that they need to be treated in the same way Wahabbists or Zionists are (the latter of which are also handled with kid gloves) is both depressing and distressing.

I believe it, having grown up in Christianity. (Though since de-converted and de-baptized.)

For a religion that supposedly preaches love, they love to presume they're better than other people and church leaders LOVE getting you to hate others.

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.

While Americans are split over the issue of immigration, with Republicans and white evangelicals supporting the idea of mass deportation of people in the country without legal authorization — a view held by only a quarter of Americans overall

And yet, it became the mainstream view of both parties, at least in 2024.

I think all Americans are equally non empathic to others' struggle.

Unsurprised. Given how Kkkants treat me on lemmy, there’s a lot of ASPD to share around.