I never understood the concept of being a good Christian by "fearing God". I don't know about you, but I've never been able to make myself love someone I fear. And I've never found reason to fear anybody who's a decent, loving individual. When I am told I need to "fear God", I interpret that as saying that I need to hate God and denounce the idea that he's a decent, loving individual. I'm sure such an idea makes as little sense to theists as it does to non-theists like myself.

Fear has never been the road to wisdom. Especially fear of something that doesn't even exist.