Abstract: Empathy and sympathy are often used interchangeably. Yet, despite a clear and important connection between them which is worth exploring, there are some key differences between the two. This article also attempts to explain why both empathy and sympathy are affections, i.e. they should be classified as affections.

Seven Church Goers in the Amsterdam region (2019) were interviewed on their ‘perception of God’. Find out the quantitative and, more importantly in this case, the qualitative results inside.