Christians, if death is to gain, why fear?  FEAR GOD!?
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People fear death regardless of their religion, because deap down they know their religion is a lie.
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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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I have often wondered about that "term" myself. I do have a belief in God, but I don't follow any religion. I was raised to believe that God was all forgiving, so I see no reason to "fear" God. I agree that we do not need a God to be told what is good and what is bad. We all know within ourselves if something is right or wrong. I do my best to follow what I believe to be right and I try to avoid anything that I know is wrong.  Great Question! \n\nA.H.
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Thank goodness, yes we will!  Then, we live again for eternity!  So, don't fear death, as Jesus conquered death.  Go to church, learn about Jesus, and find salvation.
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The Bible tells us to fear God,,, look in the OT what happened to those whose didn't fear God.
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No, I am not really afraid of death.  I do not want to die anytime soon because I feel I have a purpose to achieve before I go, but when my times comes I'll be at rest from all the qualms of this world until my Day of Judgement.
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A natural fear of the Lord is something that everyone has to a certain degree. \nWe all fall so short of HIS GLORY, that it causes us concern.\nWhen you read the Bible you have two choices and two choices only.\nEither it is all Words of GOD and therefore correct;\nOr its all a bunch of trash.\nYou can not pick and choose.
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I am also a Christian and the reason they do is because they're scared. To believe in god is to much for them. And that would mean not going to heaven they would want that. So for them it's easier to just believe that there is no god just a heaven. And that they are going there. E-mail me it would be cool to finally have another believer to talk to. Oh yeah don't listen to this "Skeptic Man".
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Cuz christians are scared of people like us... ;-)
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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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Only a fool does not have fear .If a soldier who does not have fear goes into battle the chances are he may not come back,alive.We all come to God from fear of going to Hell ,but it is The Holy Spirit who tells us that God is not a bad person and besides it is only right for us to do the right thing.Peter was at first frightened ,denying Jesus.Later on he overcame that fear to be crucified upside down.
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I think that everybody has a fear of the unknown and obviously death is a huge unknown! The thought of death frightens me to an extent but I also have hope of an after life with God so in a way it is kind of like having something to look forward too! Hey plus we all get to reunite with old loved ones dogs, Grandpas you name it!
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Christians are HUMAN... to FEAR is human.\n\nRevenge is not limited to people of one religion or another.
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I believe in God, but I think a good answer would be that people are full of fear and need to have purpose in their lives.  Try to understand and be open minded to their needs and what in their lives sparked such desperate thinking.  I don’t believe in having other people interpret the Bible for you, I have to agree with you on that.  Half the Christians I know have never read the bible.  Now that’s ignorant to me.  I see your point, and I fear some of the consequences also.  For example, most of my Christian friends believe anything Bush says because supposedly he’s a Christian.  Personally I think he’s using it to get political gain from us Christians, just appealing to any majority he wants to get votes from.  \n\nI also don’t see how they witness as followers of Christ when they close their minds to other people’s opinions, or treat people that don’t believe what we believe with rudeness and apathy.  It does not seem like Christ’s way to me.  Also, I have to question the validating of selfish wealth and over-population.  Many of my fellow Christians live very opulently, without giving a second thought to the poor or in need, while thinking that having as many children as possible is enough to do Christ’s work.  We are stewards of the earth and over-population is causing suffering and inequality, not to mention there are kids who need a family on the earth already.  There are people in need right outside our door, but people choose an SUV, or entertainment system over giving to the poor or environmental charities, while wearing there diamond crosses.  They treat it like a club or corporation and it makes Christianity seem like a farce when so many Christians seem like hypocrites, and I sympathize with your feeling, I really do.  \n\nStill, I am a Christian and following a path of charity, kindness, and love has filled my life with immense joy.  Try to find the true words of Christ in the Bible and see past the fear induced corporate Christianity that prevails at this time.
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Make a decision to turn you will & life over to God.  I am usually fearful when I want a certain person, place, thing and / or situation to be the way I want it to be.  When I think this way I set myself up to be fearful that the person, place, thing or situation may not be the way I want it.  \n\nIf I turn this over to God, and except that His will is going to be done, and not my will, I will find release from my fear.  The opposite of fear is courage, and courage is fear that has said its prayers.  Also, FEAR stands for 'flase evidence appears real', so sometimes my fears are based on things that I believe to be true when in reality they are not.  \n\nI also pray for the strength to except His will, what ever that may be.  Thy will be done, not my will.
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Yeah.  The thought of dying on the cross scared the crap out of him.  That's why he was crying.  \n\nI don't know why God would be scared, but I guess that's my mortal mind thinking.  God cries for mysterious reasons.
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That is a good question, ESPECIALLY when God said that he will do away with Wars once and for all (Isa. 2:4, Dan. 2:44) Why would a God fearing person want to go to war if God himself said he was going to do away with wars.  There is no issue about freedom here, because if we belong to Christ, as Christians state, they already ARE free.\n\nAdd on top of that the fact that war is murder and murderers will not inherit God's kingdom  (Rev. 21:8)  True Christians would not go to, or support, war.