Do you think some people here talk religious love yet have little compassion for others ?

I think MOST people on the planet have little compassion for others, and what little they have rarely extends beyond their exclusive group.. and it's more of a selfish thing that is based on how it makes THEM feel rather than the other person. Sympathy is not the same as empathy.. love stems from empathy, empathy begins in understanding and ends in compassion. It also extends beyond all barriers and is completely divorced from petty desires of the flesh. Most people feel sorry for themselves and their pseudo-compassion for others stems not from understanding how the other person feels but from feeling glad that it didn't happen to them. They feel sorry for how what happened to someone else makes them feel.. They feel only as themselves and not as others.. people who truly feel for others do so because they feel AS others feel. One way to always conclusively tell if someone is truly a compassionate being and not a selfish one is by measuring how far their compassion extends. People with false compassion are incapable of being compassionate towards non-humans.. they only relate to other people, they can't feel for another unless they feel sorry for themselves because of it.

If you do a search, you will see studies with findings in both directions. It totally depends on WHO is doing the study and what they WANT to find. Some studies say that people of lower IQs are more likely to be religious because higher IQs rely more on evidence, proof and logic. Some studies also show it going the opposite direction, claiming that religious people open their minds to more than just what can be seen or proven in a test tube. My IQ is 151, I am a Christian also and I think that we have learned over the years that when studies are conducted on any subject, there will always be strong evidence in favor of whatever the scientist wants to find.

Joe Stalin didn't have much compassion and word on the street is he wasn't very religious. It all depends on the person and their commitment and motivation.Are we here to show off and make a statement or do we truly care about people because we see them as God sees them.

Probably -- unfortunately that's how people are some times. However, God's Word says that we Are to have compassion for others just as He has. "Talk" is cheap / Actions make the difference.

How do you know that people typing on distant keyboards lack compassion for others? You are making an assumption unwarranted by any observation.

Compassion is a much abused word. Many use "compassion" to signify their allegiance to a political agenda that demands we seize someone else's property to give it to our political allies. That's wrong because compassion demands personal sacrifice. It's not compassion if you redistribute what belongs to someone else.

Christians are frequently abused for opposing prenatal homicide without offering to adopt every child who is saved from abortion. There's a phony compassion standard raised, so that unless you are ready to adopt a child, you shouldn't try to stop child abuse.

Recently, I saw people accusing Christians of a lack of compassion for not rushing out to supply donations for the earthquake victims in Haiti. But Christians were devoting vast resources to Haiti long before the earthquake, with well-established missions to feed the hungry and help the genuinely poor.

Cheers,

Bruce

I agree that it happens but not out of bitterness or spite. I think thatpeople often have the best of intentions and want to defend their faith but just come across a little harsh. I amsure that you and I do it the same way sometimes.

I am a Christian and try to allow others space for their own opinions while informing them of mine, because I love others enough to want to be respectful but I also love others enough to want them to know the truth.

Many times that is the case, but we will all have to account for or actions, or lack of. I try to love as best I can and depend on Gods Grace for everything else.

Read enough of their questions and answers and their true nature reveals itself eventually.

That's why I started out as an A S S. Figured that I may as well get that right out in the open at the start. Saves a lot of confusion.

of course there are people like that, all of us are at some point I think. That, I believe is why Jesus was here for thirty years. To show people an example of what it means to "walk the walk" as far as how God wants us to treat others. The closer we come to perfect benevolence the closer we become to God and the less we live in sin.

Sadly, the lack of compassion comes in all religious flavors. And what one might call lack of compassion, someone else may think of it as tough love. And at other times, it could just be that truth hurts.