I just read an interesting article about a dangerous lack of empathy that prevails right now in society that starts out,

"Remember Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? You can see a simplified version of it above. It basically says that before humans pursue higher order needs (i.e. the top of the pyramid), they first focus on basic needs like food and safety. In other words, if you're struggling not to be eaten by a bear, you won't be inclined to ponder your true purpose on Earth....

....Empathy is not a "nice to have". It is an absolutely vital quality. Managing your career without it is like driving a car without windshield wipers.That said, it is insanely easy to lose your sense of empathy. I bet that some people will prove this when they comment on this article.

.....You are not immune to this weakness, and neither am I. Whether you live in Paris, Helena, or Key West, work harder to understand what other people are going through. Work a LOT harder."

That is the same thing I've experienced about how hard it is to communicate with Mormons. They get offended by anything you say about Mormonism, unless it is complimentary.
If you bring up Joseph and Brigham's multiple marriages to their follower's wives and teenage daughters, they get offended.
If you bring up persistent racism contained in Mormon scriptures, they get offended.
If you bring up sexism, homophobia or sexual abuse that is still alive and well in Mormon church, they get offended. It's as if you're calling them sexist, homophobic, racist or a sexual predator, just because they belong to a church that is sexist, homophobic, racist and abusive.
You never get to any kind of a meaningful discussion about fulfilling peak needs, like love, empathy, education, wisdom, self actualization or transcendence, because they go on the defensive the moment you veer away from anything having to do with Mormonism.
That lack of empathy, for women, minorities, homosexuals, non-Mormons and victims of Mormon sexual abusers, is what makes Mormonism so dangerous.

The Mormon mindset is a particularly virulent and dangerous strain of group think that needs to be challenged, until it dies.

(edited to find banned word, a city in India starting with M.)



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/2016 08:38PM by koriwhore.

It's hard to be empathetic in an organization that lacks empathy. The church (the institution) is a judger and user of people. Your worthiness and worth are constantly on trial. Someone else has problems? Well, it must be because they're sinning in some way, and one must not empathize with sinners. It's a sick and sick-making institution.

Stray Mutt Wrote:
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> It's hard to be empathetic in an organization that
> lacks empathy. The church (the institution) is a
> judger and user of people. Your worthiness and
> worth are constantly on trial. Someone else has
> problems? Well, it must be because they're sinning
> in some way, and one must not empathize with
> sinners. It's a sick and sick-making institution.

Interesting since it claims to follow Jesus Christ, who is said to have eating with sinners, loved sinners, forgave sinners.

But then again, what can you expect from a church that has little of Jesus and so much of Joseph Smith, and sometimes the current prophet.