What would it be like to live without fear? Or, having fears from time to time, as seems entirely human, what would it be like not to be overwhelmed or controlled by fear?
Were God, multiple gods, and divine laws imagined and created by humans to control ourselves and others - to protect our communities - by fear? To control individuals' and mobs' power, especially power exercised upon whim or sheer physical power, by inculcating a cultural fear of divine consequences of exercising that power?
For me, the experience of the existence and constantly available guidance of a holy and loving Spirit - whether or not other people experience that Spirit at all, or in the same way - reduces my fears and gives me hope and confidence.
