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Debate:Why should we be afraid of God? (view source)
Revision as of 17:07, January 15, 2010
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== Be Very Afraid ==
== Be Very Afraid ==
Fear is the vehicle by which mass control is achieved. Without this institutional building block in place there would have been no reason for the daydreams of theists to take root in the first place. Primordial "religions" were, to their credit, at least vested in tangible, practical things like "worship" of the earth, nature and community. This kept things sporadic, pliable, and decentralized; with enough room and acceptance for a plethora of various interpretations and ideals within the same broad framework. Instilling a vicious merit system by which everybody must view things through a black-and-white prism of "good versus evil" generates the dogma neccessary to stratify and entrench institutions. With the benefit of historical calcification it also enables those institutions to incorrectly give themselves credit for societal advances they not only had nothing to do with producing, but for which they had actively worked against since their inception. For details read objective commentator Joseph Mccabe's analysis on how Christianity has drafted it's own bunk history portraying itself as a force of liberation against pre-Christian slavery and degredation of women (among other falsifications). It is for this reason that the "faithful" are expected to be afraid of god. -JBall
Certainly we should love God for all the love he shows (and has shown) us. But you have to remember that God does set a standard of living that we should try to live up to. God choose to do many things to show his justice, he threw Adam and Eve out of the garden because they choose to sin. Because God is justice we should fear him because many times we choose sin which is unjust.
Certainly we should love God for all the love he shows (and has shown) us. But you have to remember that God does set a standard of living that we should try to live up to. God choose to do many things to show his justice, he threw Adam and Eve out of the garden because they choose to sin. Because God is justice we should fear him because many times we choose sin which is unjust.