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To: SouthernFreebird
Funny, only to those who have no respect or fear of their Creator.

Any Creator who gets His jollies trying to persuade mortals to fear Him, gets no respect from me.

77 posted on 08/16/2002 10:46:46 AM PDT by andy_card
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To: andy_card
FWIW, "Fear" in the sense of "God-fearing" means possessing a reverential awe of the Almighty.

From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Main Entry: 1fear
Pronunciation: 'fir
Date: before 12th century
transitive senses
1 archaic : FRIGHTEN
2 archaic : to feel fear in (oneself)
3 : to have a reverential awe of (fear God)
4 : to be afraid of : expect with alarm
intransitive senses : to be afraid or apprehensive
- fear·er noun

95 posted on 08/16/2002 10:56:14 AM PDT by wimpycat
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To: andy_card; SouthernFreebird
Any Creator who gets His jollies trying to persuade mortals to fear Him, gets no respect from me.

Who said anything about a creator doing it to get "jollies"?

103 posted on 08/16/2002 11:00:31 AM PDT by Age of Reason
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