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Why is God fearing a good thing?

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Why is God fearing a good thing?
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RE: Why is God fearing a good thing?
September 5, 2014 at 1:24 pm
(September 5, 2014 at 1:10 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: It harks back to a time when god wasn't loving but a capricious god that would destroy your crops, kill your cattle or bring on pestilence if not appeased, when god was worshipped out of fear not love.

Basically god was the equivalent of not walking under ladders for the vast swathe of believers, a superstition.

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/flagellants.htm

Exactly. Omnibenevolence as a characteristic of God is a rather new thing.
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Why is God fearing a good thing?

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Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Elskidor - September 5, 2014 at 1:06 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by downbeatplumb - September 5, 2014 at 1:10 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by CapnAwesome - September 5, 2014 at 1:24 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Chad32 - September 5, 2014 at 1:54 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Tonus - September 5, 2014 at 2:02 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Exian - September 5, 2014 at 2:12 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Anomalocaris - September 5, 2014 at 1:12 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Tobie - September 5, 2014 at 1:21 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by vorlon13 - September 5, 2014 at 1:23 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Drich - September 6, 2014 at 11:38 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by FifthElement - September 7, 2014 at 12:17 am
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Drich - September 7, 2014 at 10:04 am
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Tobie - September 8, 2014 at 6:44 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Drich - September 8, 2014 at 7:23 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Anomalocaris - September 7, 2014 at 12:22 am
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Zidneya - September 6, 2014 at 11:41 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by BlackMason - September 7, 2014 at 2:17 am
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Michael - September 7, 2014 at 3:29 am
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Anomalocaris - September 7, 2014 at 4:17 am
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by StealthySkeptic - September 8, 2014 at 12:02 pm
Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Bibliofagus - September 8, 2014 at 12:04 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Drich - September 8, 2014 at 6:39 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Chad32 - September 8, 2014 at 6:54 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by The Valkyrie - September 8, 2014 at 6:50 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Madness20 - September 8, 2014 at 7:33 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Drich - September 8, 2014 at 8:02 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Brakeman - September 8, 2014 at 8:15 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Ryantology - September 23, 2014 at 6:26 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by DaveTheRave - September 23, 2014 at 4:11 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Chad32 - September 23, 2014 at 5:39 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by The Grand Nudger - September 23, 2014 at 4:15 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by The Valkyrie - September 23, 2014 at 4:21 pm
RE: Why is God fearing a good thing? - by Crossless1 - September 23, 2014 at 4:32 pm

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