Religion

and then throw empathy out with the bathwater. Empathy is more about trying to understand the thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and situations of the person. It may also involve an offer of help, but not necessarily. It does not include an offer of help that would support the other person's dysfunctional behaviors or do long-term harm to that person's well-being. "I understand that you are hooked on narcotics and that you can't afford narcotics, so I would like to help you pay for them" would be an example to avoid.