Fear Religion - Garner Ted Armstrong - March 1974

Garner Ted Armstrong

Fear religion is everywhere. To the layman it may appear nearly all religions are based on fear - fear of loneliness, sickness, accident, or fear of death; fear of terrible spiritual retribution for misdeeds; fear of eternal torture in an imagined inferno of hellfire. Unnamed fear can become a powerful, motivating force. It has led tens of thousands to hiding places in the wilderness; or to caves and dugouts carefully stocked with provisions. But is the Bible a book of fear? Does God want His people constantly afraid of a terrible consequence in the future, looking nervously over their shoulders in anticipation of a terror-stricken flight for their lives? - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library