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This will make it easier for other podcast listeners to find issues etc. Sometimes people criticize the so-called slippery slope argument because it fits so many situations but what if the slope is really

slippery what if taking a certain action almost inevitably leads to

leads to, say, the ordination of women in the church

inevitably leads to, say, the ordination of homosexuals

or the affirming church ideology. It seems to happen every single time.

Why?

Welcome back to issues, etc. I'm Todd Wilkin.

Joining us to talk about female pastors, empathy,

and feminism, Dr Joseph Rigney.

He's a fellow of theology at new St Andrews College,

author of several books including courage,

how the gospel creates Christian fortitude

and a recent column for American reformer titled Empathy, Feminism, and the Church.

Dr. Rigney, welcome.

Thanks for having me. You say that empathy is understood and practiced in the world and society is sinful. What do you mean by that?

Yeah, well basically I mean that the way that it's practiced in the modern world, that emotion sharing, joining people in their emotions, which is something given to us by God as a design feature, something that builds connection connection has been pathologized and has gone off the rails because it's become

untethered from reality, untethered from truth, untethered from what's good.

And so as it's commonly practiced in the modern world,

demands for empathy or calls for empathy

are frequently, not always, but frequently

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