THE FUNDEMENTAL FEAR

The fundamental fear in all people is a fear of God, a fear that God will catch up with them and beat them up! So, subliminally, God is like the devil who will punish you and persecute you for being so stupid and such a lamehead. Or, there is the belief that when God shows up, you will have to give up everything in the world that is fun and that you enjoy. This represents another form of persecution because God will take it all away and make some kind of unhappy cleric out of you. This is very ridiculous, of course, but it is at the core of most people’s thinking. That is why people accept absolute ideas, but not God.