01/19/2026
A call to all Christians, people of faith, secularists, humanists, atheists, and humans of all types, to practice kindness, compassion, and empathy [i.e. the Golden Rule, the Great Command, the Principle of Humanity] regardless of religious views (religious or not religious, faith or no faith). It is just a good humane practice in general for all humanity.
Treat others the way you desire to be treated, with love, compassion, kindness, and empathy. Though some may say that "The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy. The empathy exploit. They're exploiting a bug in Western civilization, which is the empathy response," and go on to argue that is has been "weaponized" and is "suicidal" to civilization, all of the major world religions have been rooted in empathy. Without empathy or love, we have nothing. Those that argue empathy has been weaponized and will be the death of civilization are really arguing that with empathy they can't be as greedy as they would like to be or that regulations set forth to ensure the earth, Milky Way galaxy, and universe's future lowers their profit margins and that their profits are more important that civilizations future. Yet, others have, like Hannah Arendt, provided us with a prophetic message regarding the truth about empathy, "The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism."
Always stand for compassion and empathy (love) of ALL as God requires of us, as humanity requires of us, because it is the honorable and right thing to do. It is what we want others to do to us, so it must be what we do to others, even when it costs us profits or is inconvenient. Ultimately, it is only love that will prevail. Greed and selfishness only kills.