Is the belief in god fear based?
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It's based on fear and ignorance.
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A belief in god based on logic is an oxymoron. Logic is the filter we use to prevent myths from becoming confused with reality. Everything that can be observed and tested for is natural. Therefore by definition, the supernatural must be IMAGINED to exist.
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I have a great reverence for God.  There is fear in a sense, but it's not the sort of fear that I grew up with or that I understand you to be speaking of.\n\nI need to be aware of my actions, but not paralyzed by fear.  \n\nI think I John give a good picture of the Christian walk.  This is my favorite part:\n\nLove has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us.  I John 4:17-19
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Of course it's all made up, if someone stood on a hill now and started preaching about how god came to him and told him how we should live our lives, nobody would listen, he'd be locked up and called insane.\n\nReligion is based on BLIND faith and is all about controlling people. The truth is it can not be proved or disproved whether a god exists, and the universe carries on functioning in the same way whether a god controlls it or not, so belief in any god is redundant and irrational.
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A little more (or perhaps less) complex than that. Religion is a system of beliefs created by man to dilute fear. Fear is a basic emotion of all animals (yes, humans are animals)and in a relatively advanced species like humans it becomes intellectualized. Religion is absolutely nothing without fear. They go hand in hand. When they both reach hyper levels of intensity the violence will kick in. The opposite of intelligence is fear based ignorance. Most religious people have lived with fear since they were brainwashed at young age. They don't even realize it.
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good point. \ni am told to fear god by the church and i have more fear for him than i would for stalin if i was russian \nbut not saying that stalin is as bad as god, its not like im crazy or anything i know who the reall maniac is
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Hi. I often worry about the EXACT same things you do. Maybe this could help...\n\nProverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.\n\nPsalm 147.11-The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.\n\nPsalm 103:13-Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.\n\nAlso just like you, I didn't understand why God would let things that trouble us happen either. Like... why would something upsetting be His Will? Why would he allow us to be in pain? Mostly why do people always thank God for the good in their life and not curse Him for the bad?  Throughout the years many different people had told me the same thing. They all said that God will only give you what he knows you can handle - good or bad. So if you don't think that you are able to get through a difficult time easily, you need to have faith through him.
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This is in my own opinion...i kind believe in my own thing, not so much any certain religious I have just gathered info and made up my own opinion.  It goes like this...most of the time ppl who are deep into religion believe in it as a self starter or motivator, its like when they are down and need something to lean on they believe in God to lean on and give them that strength.  So to me God is really like a self confidence thing........i mean the numbers are staggering, look at most successful ppl who have great self confidence and they will more than likely say they believe in some kind of religion where as if you ask a "depressed" person they are typically atheists/non believers....God is that inner self telling them they can do it, they can achieve their goals if they put their minds to it.  They are usually very spiritual ppl......\n\nThats just what I have seen....
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And in an interview with Professor William Hermanns, he (Einstein) said: “I cannot accept any concept of God based on the fear of life or the fear of death or blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him I would be a liar.”
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I'm unsure about my beliefs now, but I was a believer purely out of fear. My parents raised me christian and when I was really little, they made me watch a movie about the rapture. I believed even more solidly because I didn't want god to get mad and take my family away from me. Now that I'm older and seen all the other failed predictions about the end of the world, I don't have that fear anymore. And for various reasons, I now question the existence of god.
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No, I am not scared at all. I believe in Hell, but I know I will go to Heaven. I am a Christian and will always follow Jesus Christ. As long has I keep on doing what I am doing, I will go to Heaven. On judgement day, you will realize that there was a Hell and you will regret not believing in it. You better think about believing in Heaven, Hell, and Jesus Christ.
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NO, God is something that someone made up to give people a reason for things that happen. anything good god did. anything bad the devil did. whatever. Things happen, that's life. I stopped believeing in god and absolutely nothing is different in my life. except for more time on sundays, and no more deciding whether the things i do are "right" in god's eyes. This belief helps keep some people in line. it is all psycological, or in your mind.People think if you don't believe in god you will go to hell. what if you don't believe in hell or satan. will he hate you to? There are all types of religions that do nothing more than give us something to reason with how the world started.
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That is the English translation, \n\nI don't have my concordance with me, but you should look up the Hebrew and Greek meanings.\n\nTo my understanding the word fear is relative to the nature of God and what is capable of. \n\nIts not a type of fear that you would have with evil or danger. \nIts more of a Lord I love you and I am afraid to hurt you as you are the ONE who made me and I do not want to hurt you.\n\n\nWe must love God with all our hearts, mind and soul.\n\n\nI hope this helps:))
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Unclear, but I will try to answer.\n\n2 Timothy 1:7 \n\nFor God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. \n\nI believe this can also be found in the story of Gideon. Gideon was a man of fear but God called him to be man of valour. \n\nJudges chapter 6 \n\n6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.\n\nI have personally dealt with fear but today I am living in victory. Also sometimes are fear can come from our evil thinking of other people. Always thinking that their thinking bad about us because we are insecure.\n\nGod Bless hope I helped even a little.
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I am a former fundamentalist Christian and I can tell you that religion definitely causes harm. It instills fear - especially in children - fear of God, the devil, the unknown, demons, natural feelings... the list goes on. I spent my life terrified that anything I did or didn't do might have been a sin, and praying for forgiveness just in case. I think I was more afraid of Jesus than any "devil". Of course, I believed in the teaching that Jesus is love, and therefore any fear came from the "evil one" - but the fact of the matter was that it was God who imposed all the rules in the first place, so at the heart of it, I was terrified of my idea of God.\n\nI preached to strangers, gave more than a tithe (tenth) of my before-tax income every week, and was only friends with non-Christians because I believed it was my duty to bring the Gospel to them. I read the Bible every day and believed my church pastor and elders when they told me that it was my responsibility to take the message of Jesus to non-believers, and that if I let an opportunity slip by when I could have shared the Gospel, and that person then died without knowing Jesus, "their blood [would] be on [my] hands."\n\nReligion has caused countless fights within my own family alone and was the basis for abuse at the hands of my ex who raped me (among other things). The church elders informed me that I was too tempting for him, it was my fault because I was a woman. I was to accept such treatment (and other abuse) because I was the woman and the man is the head of the house - it was not my place to question this.\n\nIt took me years to recover, and after living in fear for so long - and fear of a person for which there is no historical evidence - I can tell you religion definitely causes harm.\n\nMost people wouldn't hold religious beliefs if they weren't taught those beliefs. They may believe in a "higher power" but in today's society, chances are they wouldn't believe in the stories of the Bible. We know that bats are not birds, that donkeys and snakes don't talk, that you can't determine a sheep's colouring by the plants they view while copulating. Most people today would not extol the virtues of a book that tells us to feel happy while smashing babies' heads on rocks, that contains a rape manual, and that glorifies brutal treatment of women and slaves. There are many people who, if they actually read that book, would be utterly horrified at the things that have been attributed to their god.\n\nWhether people want to believe in a deity is neither here nor there, as far as I'm concerned. What they do BECAUSE OF that belief is what matters - and that's what religion is: organised belief in a deity.\n\nI have helped more people as an ex-Christian than I ever did while a Christian - and whatever I do to help people now is worth more because my motivation is that I give a damn about people, and not out of fear of punishment. When "help" is given by religous people and organisations, there is often (not always) a pound of flesh - whether that be an expectation that you attend services, or constant conversion attempts, whatever - because the motivation is a religious one. If people would just love each other because they CARE, it would mean much more.\n\nWould you like your loved ones to help you and be good to you because they care, or because they think they're going to get a reward from you (an inheritance, perhaps)? Worse, would you want them to help you because they're terrified of what you'll do if you don't?\n\nI'm not saying there is no "god". I'm saying that I believe there is no god as people believe it. If such a being exists and is truly all-powerful and all-loving, it certainly doesn't have a need for a "hell" and sure doesn't need our money.
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The fear of God is how "that" was described in traditional scripture, somehow, I feel this notion doesnt translate to English very well as those I meet who, I feel, do demonstrate an appreciation of this concept, generally overcome the daily distractions and insecurities that manifest in our lives due to the destructive forces of fear.\nThe ability to master this "concept", in my eyes, presents us with an understanding of all knowledge that is truly of value, in a higher sense, both to oneself and humanity as a whole.\nIf you wish to pursue useless knowledge there are plenty of man made faculties in which to do so, but dont be suprised if you emerge from these types of study as one crippled by fear.\nPeace, Love and Light.
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The beginning of knowledge is the fear of the Lord!\n\nThat is what Christians know!\n\nYou must have the fear of the Lord, and be humble to see God as God and not in the terms of man!\n\n\nThe Bible appears to be skeptical stories otherwise. \n\nIf you are a Christian you must be able to dismiss the instinct of pride within that says I can justify myself to the Creator of the universe. However, with the mindset that God is no more special than yourself, how can you be expected to understand.\n\n\nThe book of Job shows how not matter how we think we are justified, God abilities and understanding of everything surpasses ours. If you think big whoop God created the world or that some mathematically impossible number of events happened to make the earth, how can we even have a rationale discussion!\n\nChristians accept God's authority!\n\nread this please~!