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Originally Posted by Timmy
Except that neither I nor (I'm pretty sure) Marc believe they actually exist. But you have missed the point: what is our reason for being kind to others? Is it to avoid an angel's wrath (just in case) or is it to actually help other real humans because they need help?
Some writers of the Bible seem to be empathy-challenged, and seem to believe everyone else is, too.
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Correction: the writer of Hebrews may or may not have been empathy-challenged. In fact, it seems he was writing to empathy-challenged people, so he himself was probably fine. He was offering a bit of help to others who perhaps needed some incentive to be good to strangers.
