Toxic Empathy

How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion

De: Allie Beth Stuckey

Narrado por: Allie Beth Stuckey

A sharp Christian voice makes a bold argument: when politics are driven by empathy rather than truth, innocent people pay the price.

We are told that empathy is the highest virtue—the key to being a good person. Is that true? Or has “empathy,” like so many other words of our day—“tolerance,” “justice,” “acceptance”—been hijacked by bad actors who exploit compassion for their own political ends?

In Toxic Empathy, Allie Beth Stuckey argues that empathy has become a tool of manipulation by left-wing activists who bully people into believing that they must adopt progressive positions to be loving. She explores the five most heated issues through which toxic empathy is deployed: abortion, gender, sexuality, immigration, and social justice. Progressives use catchy mantras to present their perspective as empathetic, like “abortion is healthcare,” “love is love,” or “no human being is illegal,” but in each case, they ignore the other side of the moral equation. For example, abortion is presented as compassionate for the woman, but what about the human life the procedure kills?

This book isn’t about killing empathy; it’s about submitting our empathy to God’s definitions of love, goodness, and justice. Stuckey exposes the logical pitfalls and moral consequences of toxic empathy, equipping Christians with research-backed, Biblical truths to dismantle the progressive lies that have permeated our culture—and our church.

©2024 Allie Beth Stuckey (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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“Most lies are wrapped in partial truths, often conveyed through heartbreaking stories. In Toxic Empathy, Allie Beth shares poignant thoughts from diverse viewpoints, offering insight as to why people (and even Christians) come to such different conclusions. Using scripture, reason, and reality, Stuckey advocates for the conservative position while still acknowledging where progressives are coming from.”—Hillary Morgan Ferrer, bestselling author of Mama Bear Apologetics

"Toxic Empathy exposes how unsuspecting Christians play into Satan’s plot to pit compassion against the truth—as though we can be more merciful than God. Allie Beth exposes that Satan’s ploy is to hamstring Christians to believe that empathy—standing in the shoes of someone else—is the highest expression of love. She addresses five lies of our age, illustrating Christian wisdom and compassion as she exposes what Satan wants to conceal. Every page is a lifeline of sanity, common sense, Christian wisdom, and gospel evangelism. A brilliant book every Christian should read.”—Rosaria Butterfield, bestselling author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert

“As a woman passionately committed to defending the most vulnerable, I can’t recommend this book highly enough. Give it to the high schoolers in your life. It will both alert them to the manipulative tactics routinely brandished against good-hearted people as well as make them experts who can stand firm on behalf of the least of these.”—Katy Faust, founder of Them Before Us

Verious topics

Very informative for everyone that are pressured by society to make one of life's difficult decisions.

Such a helpful book!

Allie put into words many of the thoughts I had floating around in my head about these subjects! The clarity of how to deal with these topics biblically and the historical backgrounds of the progressive ideologies is exactly what I was hoping for to help me navigate this mess as I talk with friends. I don’t remember the last time I made it through a book this quickly!

A must listen to!

I love how Ms Stuckey elaborates in such important truths, aligning each agenda with the biblical world view. These truths are self evident and much needed for human survival. Empathy is coming along side someone in help, feeling what they feel but having to help even if it hurts. Because thats where the healing comes in! Thank you so much for writing this book!

Must read for ALL Christians

There are so many lies being shoved at Christian's to shame us into making bad choices... unbiblical choices about issues in our society. This book is brilliantly researched and written to teach us what the Bible really says on these issues. Just read the book... or in this case, listen to it.

Great read highly recommend

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Thoroughly examines current issues.

Well thought out and consistency of vision. Allie digs deep into issues, showing that being 'polite' isn't necessarily true kindness. Current society concerns are examined from both Biblical and sociological perspectives. Using real world examples, the author, shows there is a vast difference between being 'polite' and being honest and showing true compassion and kindness.

The book contains real-life examples of current 'woke' issues and provides a well-constucted response.

Highly recommended Christian reading!

This book is incredibly useful. It's well written and cited. Every person who believes that their empathy has been exploited, but not sure how to address some of our culture's proclamations should read it and gain understanding as to answer biblically. I give it 5 stars!

The God of Self

Toxic Empathy allows Christians to participate in or affirm pagan worship of the god of self. Politics matter because policies matter because people matter. People matter, all people, and polices driven by political ideas as they naturally do, they matter. Christian, if you call yourself one, you need to have this awareness. Everyone supports or disapproves of any policies based on their worldview, which comes from their religion, lack of religion, faith, lack of faith, culture, and so much more. Everyone including Christians are allowed to vote with their worldview in mind, because everyone else does. There is no empathy for the Christian worldview, only in other worldviews will western societies have empathy for that worldview and policies that reflect those views.

Combats Toxic Empathy w/ empathy grounded in truth

Toxic Empathy by Allie Beth Stuckey, is very well done I prefer it when the author also narrates their own book to get a better feel of the author's intended message & passion behind the plot & flow of the book's narrative, ABS did very well & I love how ABS cited scripture very well in tying it back into cultural situations, great use of real-life events & undeniable history & statistics, when the answer to a thing is emphatically stated by both science & history (the physical) & by the theological & philosophical (the metaphysical) This is why our feelings are a terrible guide & telos in our life. Her book is very well structured, enjoyable & a thought-provoking read. If you are generally fond of theology, philosophy of logic, & the literary genre of nonfiction, & historical support for your argumentation, with a mixture of anecdotal evidence & undisputable facts within history, & some scientific consensus to drive home the moral of the story & the underlying points of these solid arguments from a theologically & politically conservative perspective. The only way that the virtue ethic "empathy" can be done is by its objectively transcendental (ie the true, good, & beautiful) properties, words have context & meaning we ought not to separate the symbol from the symbolized.

Excellent Resource

I love listening to Allie’s podcast “Relatable” and I always thought it would be nice to have some of her main talking points written down. This book is excellent and exactly what I needed in order to feel comfortable talking about these things as a conservative, Christian mom. Thank you, Allie! Highly recommend!