Yeah - the phrasing of choice 2 definitely poor. I think a lot of religious people would agree that "away from God's truth" is the bigger problem than "empathy", and they'll use the "God's truth" clause to make their decision...which isn't what the take home message of the survey is

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The point is we don't know. Undoubtedly some of them think empathy is bad, but #2 is a very loaded statement that implies you're against God teachings if you don't agree with it.

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Pollsters shouldn't assume people understand what words mean, especially when they use those words in very loaded either/or statements.

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Eh. This is a very weird polling question that seems designed to trap very religious people who may not understand what empathy means, especially when it's being used in a context to oppose their religiosity.

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Somewhere in a Roman brickyard, around 1800 years ago, a fresh tile was drying peacefully ahead of firing - until a dog trotted straight across it. Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history. 📷️me

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