(December 9, 2014 at 11:24 am)Strider Wrote: I never experienced what you described. I was taught fear though. When I was a little kid, I was mortified at the notion of hell.
My dad (formally catholic, nowadays probably deist) spent many a night of his childhood awake because he was so afraid of going to hell. As a result of that, he furiously shot down anyone who dared even suggest to me that something like hell is real. I can't tell you how grateful I am.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition