(March 6, 2014 at 6:46 am)Sinbad Wrote:(February 27, 2014 at 4:36 am)fr0d0 Wrote: No I believe. That answer was less than sort of for me.
Repentance: I'm more random than that. I see it as humility and respect which empowers me. It isn't a fearful thing in that I'm scared in any way or that fear of a negative kind motivates me in any way.
"Fear of God" to me is respecting what's right and good and helping yourself.
Why do you need 'fear of god' to respect what's right and good, when everybody knows instinctively what is right and good.
That instinct is what Christians refer to as your God spot.
You completely misunderstood what I wrote, as short as it was. I'm inspired by God. I would do good from that inspiration where ordinarily I would have no reason to.
Fear, as you mean it, plays no part in my Christian experience at all. It's awe. It's freedom. I'm not restricted by thinking that negativity forms part of my freedom. Negativity is imprisonment.
