Dave Brat
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Right.
That's when it comes up.
So when these articles are written and they say, empathy is a central teaching in the Bible.
Well, actually, it's not a central teaching in the Bible.
And the term values is not even used in the Bible.
Virtues is used sometimes, and I'll get at that in a second.
But the key terms in the Christian teachings in Jesus are, first of all, the kingdom of God.
Repent.
You'll never hear Morning Mika and Joe giving sermons on repent for the kingdom of God is at hand.
The second major concept of Jesus is called the gospel.
And the third is obedience to God the Father Almighty.
And so what Megan is getting at, and this is one of my favorite books after the Bible, is Closing the American Mind by Alan Bloom.
And values, along with empathy, empathy is a modern psychological term, values similarly are subjective.
You want to know what's not subjective?
God and the good.
Here's old Plato over here in my picture pointing up.
The argument of the Greeks and reason was the good is objective.
The goal of modern liberalism and the leftists is to get everything to be subjective because then it leads to openness.
Well, I think she's spot on, and if you'll notice, she's following one of the core tenets of Jesus that I mentioned, which is repent for the kingdom of God is at hand.
You don't get it every which way, right?