It's confusing isn't it?\n\nHe's kind so why should I be afraid.\nHow about you? Are you afraid of God?
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well, im a muslim.. n yep, i am afraid of god.. its not really afraid actually,its more like a sense of devotion n respect..cuz no matter wat religion u believe in, the whole point is to have faith =) n faith lights you in the darkest moment.. peace!
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Friend - They use FEAR and we are in fearful times.  I apologize for my evangelical brothers and sisters.  GBU
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To "Just my opinion"...I am a very good person and I am atheist. I do not deny the existence of god out of fear. I just don't believe. I am not afraid of hell because I have no reason to be afraid.  I do nothing that would be constituted as "sin" either.  I do not have to fear hell to be a good person!!  It is sad that most religious people are only truly good people out of fear.  They do not seem to do anything for anyone else for any reason beside their own self benefit...heaven.  I am not in denial.  I think that it is you who is in denial...you need something to explain what you do not understand.  You do not want to accept that there is no purpose for human existence and that you only have one life.  I guess I understand why people believe.  It would be comforting to think that after death, there is something else.  I prefer to live life  based on fact, and live the one life that I KNOW I have to the fullest.  Not to WASTE it worshiping something that is not even there!! (Sorry if I have been offensive to anyone else besides this guy)
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It seems like people are avoiding the issue. What's being asked is if you will unquestioningly submit yourself to God. Whether you think God would want you to perform said action or would not be able to do this without you is not in question.\n\nIncident: God tells you to kill someone.\nYou are a self-admittedly insignificant being who could not begin to understand God. Whatever his motivation be, God has told you to do this.\n\nDo you comply?\n\n(My answer's no by the way, but I'm not religious so this question probably was not directed at me. I just think that some of the people passing judgement here are being hypocritical.)
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my bro-in-law and I were drunk one night,\nhe was driving and we argued about 'fear of God'\nwhat does it mean?\nhe said he has 'No fear of God'\ni argued\nhe got ticked off\nkicked me out of his car,\ni had to walk 5 miles home\nok, ......................\n....\nwe were friends again, he my sisters husband\na few years later \nwe were going fishing up north... he was driving\nnow we were not drunk,\naccident up ahead!\ncars were all piling up ahead of us...\nhe hit the ditch going down between the southbound/ northbound traffic going 65 mph\nbut the thing is...\nhe screamed :God oh Jesus ! save us!'\nas we rolled to the other side of the ditch and came back up and got back on the highway\nwe cleared the accident\nwe got ahead of all the mess,\nand then he denied calling on the Lord\nhe said \n"i know how to drive, dude"\nbut i remember
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Sometimes after reading a question, I try and re-read it while imagining the person sitting next to me speaking it. Here is a little girl saying, "when the rapture comes..." So I get the sense of fear in her eyes. Then she is rationalizing her beliefs by saying she will be saved because she is a Christian, but then she keeps going and has this sort of mischevious, personal laugh for the non-believers, who she thinks will be left behind. Honey, I still smell fear. Why, if your beliefs are so intact, are you still afraid? Pray for yourself and your family and you'll do just fine.
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I am not scared but watchful.  God offers a personal peace to everyone.  I know that the awful things of this world will one day come a end and that I will live with Jesus.  I find His promises of comfort in the scripture and know that He will protect me if I just let Him.  Don't be afraid for things are only to get worse never better.  Find quite time with God and lean not on your own understanding but His.
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your not  crazy. That's a fact he, the evil one, want s to scare you into submission ...fear is one of satans greatest tools .. you know God is all powerful and will never leave you remember  next time satan and his angels try very hard to mess with you when you are doing your best to do what you know to be right  keep up the good work ...don't give up God loves you ok i am going to add  something  you cannot fight Satan God is the one with power you pray and pray and rebuke him in the name of Jesus and God will hear your prayers and make him leave....
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Mostly I ask a question to find out something I don't know the answer to. \n I hate it when people insult God, they do that mostly out of ignorance. or to get a reaction out of someone.
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I think your questions count as preaching, but I can tell you that I am not interested in a relationship with Jesus or the Christian God.  I do feel complete.  I do not feel vulnerable and alone - my beliefs empower me and surrounds me with the protections I need to enjoy my life.  Even with an army on your side, anyone can feel scared from time to time - but I am very safe in my understanding of the Universe.\n\nThe things is, that even in a Christian God model philosophy the point is not to life your live for god - the point is to understand your own divinity and to understand that you and god are a team.  If god is an ocean, we are each and everyone of us a glass of god, with tremendous power and divine right - no matter what we call this being.  To spend time steeped in any church dogma only brings you closer to understanding the church, not god.  \n\nI am glad that Christianity has helped you and I rejoice that you are happy on your chosen path.  I regret that you feel you need to school others or that you feel you have the only answer to the mysteries of life.  There is no way to truly know the Unknowable and there are many paths to enlightenment.  Worry about your own soul until someone asks you for help if you truly want to display the virtue of christianity.\n\nPeace!
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I was raised to fear and respect the God I serve. Some people don't. I find it rather disrespectful, but not everyone serves the God I serve. So just like how we put our God in proper case, and their god in lower case, they do it to us. Us disregarding their beliefs is not different from them disregarding ours. You cannot push your beliefs on others (speaking generally of course). So, for me and you its like, "How can they stand to do that?" but for others, its like nothing. take care to look at it through their eyes also. Lastly, in spite of the way we refer to our God in writing does not make it any easier or us any more divine in our walk of Christianity, nor does our intolerance of others make us any better. It actually makes us a bit worse. Live how He wants you to live and show others your joy through the life you lead in Him. And don't get to Holy to laugh. I feel that will persuade others more than anything. much luv and stay safe.\n\nAngel
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To fear God is not to be afraid of Him... The fear being referred to is that of  reverent respect
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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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I think that we all struggle in our faith one way or another. Questioning God's existence doesn't really cross most of our minds. We may question why He allows things to happen or we may even question our own Christian walk and our relationship with God. My pastors -and I've had a few in my life -haven't been perfect. In fact there was one who was my Dad's boss that treated his underlings shabbily and used the church vehicle for personal business. I think he may've even taken some of the better donations given to the church for his own. I do know that he was eventually caught by his bosses with his hand in the cookie jar and in adultery. He was speedily fired. As for weird things in a worship service? I recall visiting a Charismatic service to see what it was like. I met one of those pastors who held rather rambunctious healing services. You know the type.; they call you forward for healing even though you haven't volunteered or asked for it. He claimed -a few times- to be given a word of knowledge about some type of secret sin in some person's life. I found this made me extremely uncomfortable because I do not believe that God would humiliate an individual in this manner. Nor do I think that Jesus would compel anyone to come for healing. God is a Gentleman, and He never forces Himself on anybody. Neither should His servants
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I think I would be scared to death. Knowing the truth and that I had the oportunity to be saved and yet for reasons that are dumb and not worth it to have lost my salvation. I would be devestated going crazy.  I don't know what I would do.
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im not afraid of the bible\n\ni revere it like i reverence God. but i aint afraid of it.\n\nhow can u be afraid of the book that brings Life and revalation and truth??\n\noh, and satan is a defeated foe. it doesnt matter how many ears he speaks into, he will never defeat God. God has already won it all on the cross. satan is just peeved off at this fact and trying to bring as many down with him as he can, hahahah sucker, he is so doomed. what a looser. \n\nGo God GO!!! :-)
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i am not good. but i am god fearing. Email me tagpoodle@yahoo.co.uk if you wish