I am assuming that most of you were raised with a "fear of God"?

Question

I may be assuming to much...but, to those of you who were raised with a fear of Gods wrath if you did something wrong or said something out of line....

How have you come to reconcile that fear?

Answer 1

I became dyslexic.  Now I am horribly afraid of dogs.

Answer 2

Well, when I realized god wasn't real, I didn't let it bother me. As a kid I was afraid, but by 12, I knew better.

Answer 3

I was raised Christian and it was never suggested to me that I should fear God.  Yes, you are assuming too much.  But your questions often do.

Answer 4

I wasn't taught to fear God, but only to honor and respect. I was only taught to fear my parents wrath when they got angry.

Answer 5

God is still God so I still respect Him, as any intelligent being would.

Answer 6

No, I never was. I feared disappointing my parents more. They existed; that god of theirs made no sense to me.

Answer 7

The Jesus is Lord and all who know Him will know the peace of God and the like and such.

Answer 8

The God I worship I have no fear of. Mine has no permanent place called h**l.

Answer 9

No, I was raised an atheist.  "Fear," however, was not used in the Bible to mean terror, but respect and honor.  

Answer 10

  The "fear of God" is not fear in the sense of wrath or judgment. It is translated to mean respect or reverence. Even a wonderful earthly father deserves respect. How much more does our Heavenly Father deserve honor and praise? If you are truly His child, he admonishes us to come to Him, crying, "Abba! Father." Loosely translated, Abba means Daddy. That's the kind of love He offers.

Answer 11

finish ur meal or gods gonna come and eat u

Answer 12

I arrived at the point when I saw the different motives people have for their following God- some from fear, some from love.

I studied to know the motive of love, and when I began to know Jesus, this is when I knew He was love.

It's easy to love when we were loved first.

Answer 13

I Love God, I respect God. But I have to confess I'm having trouble fearing God. This kind of fear is supposed to be good, and this is something I have to work on.

Answer 14

Parents never raised me to fear God, just to believe Him. Honor thy mother and father was used as a reminder...

Answer 15

As for me I'm in awe of God, I think He is awesome and I revere Him, but I do no fear Him...God has not given me a spirit of fear...I believe the word "fear" when used in the context, " Fear God " has been misinterpreted by the translators...God admonishes us to "Not Fear" time and time again throughout the Bible....Fear is an enemy of God and man,.....

Answer 16

No, I was told that God loves me, not fear him

Answer 17

u assumed wrong.

i was never afraid or anything.

=) well i did think like id be punished if i didnt something sorta morally wrong.. but that changed when i reached my teenage years really.

i dont no what im on about. sorry.  

Answer 18

no i wasnt i know that God is love

Answer 19

I was taught to fear God's wrath as a child, but when I became a man "I put away childish things." As we mature in the faith we come to a new understanding of God based on a superior knowledge of Him and childish fear is replaced with awe and respect.  

Answer 20

By finding out the facts. When the Christianity, the Religion started becoming popular, the church realized how much power they actually have over the people, obviously the more power they had, the more power they wanted. Showing the plebs puppet shows and performances by commissioned actors, of the devil and what will happen so sinners, installed a sense of fear, which in turn gave the church more power to charge for repenting and forgiveness of sins, it was all a business to them. And this unfounded sense of fear was carried on. I believe in Jesus Christ. He taught us that the way to GOD is through LOVE and compassion, and thats good enough for me.

Answer 21

I was taught to never fear God but to Love him. That way everything unfolded as it should be.

Answer 22

Thankfully I was not raised religious, though at one point I feared that if "God" does exist as the fundamentalists present him he may be angry with me.

I got over it by realizing that "God" had more to fear of an enlightened human mind than man has to fear in a mythological tyrant.

Answer 23

Umm no.  I have known people who have. My folks never raised me like that. No guilt implanted in me.  

Answer 24

I think you are right Mommy.that has been my experience also.I sometimes wonder about myself.I honestly,really,really,never bought into it.Even as a child.I was amazed at the other children,ignorant at the time as I was also.But their fear,fear of this GOD,getting them.I never believed it.I realize I am an anomaly.I simply never believed ANY of it.

I wasn't raised in a very religious home.They loosely were Christians I guess.I had a lot of kinfolk from the mountains.I could never tell them apart.Uncle Bill,Bob,Rob,James.on and on.The kids would have to go to bed when the reunions came about.I remember hearing them talking in the living room.Every once in awhile,I would hear "JESUS CHRIST!!".I think it's funny now,but I remember thinking in my little 6 year old mind."Oh great!!Now WHICH uncle is THAT one"I thought you might get a laugh out of that.It really happened

Answer 25

I was raised Methodist. There was a wrath of god, but he said he wouldn't do it again, so that wasn't anything to fear.

There was judgment of god, but that was just a review to see if you were good or bad. Also nothing to fear.

The 'fear of god' didn't even come into play until I started meeting evangelicals. By that point God was so lovey dovey, it's clear their god is different from my god.

Just took me a few years to figure out exactly how.