Quote Originally Posted by Oneironaut
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.
children fear their parents, but they still love em. jesus didnt write the bible, neither did god, or quetzalcoatl, or rama, or zeus, or mohammad, or etc,