re: #224 Dopamine Fish
Iโm sure you know itโs just an antiquated (and often used in English Bible translations) phrase. I do not literally โfear Godโ; while I believe he is all-powerful, the God I worship is also not the kind of God who would use that power to hurt people. (Discussions about the problem of suffering are beside this point.)
Itโs a phrase that I usually hear from right-wing Christians that seem to have had religion used on them to make them afraid. It wasnโt something I heard growing up as a Catholic.