And as for most pagan religions, the driving force is fear.
Fear and hatred, as they go hand in hand.
“the driving force is fear.”
Yes. Because individuals and most of society knows they’re not ready to see God, knows they’re not ready for judgment. We live in the midst of the daily legal slaughter of the unborn. Thousands a day for half a century. If people would merely vote right, this would come to an end legally.
This expands to hush hush euthanasia of the sick and an unconcern, coverup of those the vaxx is killing. Society is reaping what it sows. Contraception is a near universal sin. Members of the family who won’t let unvaxxed me and my brother come to the family Christmas party or in to see our dying mother, they need to fanatically preserve this life and are scared to death by the media of being carried off by COVID, because they’re not living morally upright lives and they know it. Scripture tells us, little by little he reminds them of the sins they’re committing. Not to condemn them but to save them. Paul said, I long to be dissolved and go to Christ. How did so many Christians get so clingy to the passing world, so worldly? A few centuries ago a Saint made an excellent remark about what we’re seeing currently: “Fear of death is a consequence of our status as fallen creatures. Terror of death is a sign of unrepented sins.”