Satansplain #092 - "What To Do When Empathy is a Sin"
Satansplain16 Jun 2025

Satansplain #092 - "What To Do When Empathy is a Sin"

Bill shares his thoughts on the Church of Satan article "What To Do When Empathy is a Sin", as somebody who actually read it beyond the headline, along with an email from somebody who seemingly did not.

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00:00 - Intro
01:36 - Reminder: "LaVeyan Satanism" is a redundant term
04:12 - The email
08:57 - Oh no! Not ChatGPT! We're doomed!
14:47 - As long as we're playing the A.I. game...
16:10 - But first, a side rant
20:46 - And the opposite problem
27:18 - My take on the essay
35:32 - ChatGPT's lame attempt at the essay
43:36 - Its summary

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