Checking the definition for "fear", I find no basis for believing it means "respect" -except- when it comes to "fear of God".
"Fear", as it pertains to God, has no relationship with "Fear" as it pertains to -every- other definition of the word.
Isn't this a matter of convenience, to avoid the idea that a loving God should be feared? Every other definition describes "Fear" as an emotional response to danger.
If the translators of the KJV had intended "fear" to be understood as "respect, reverence", then why not say so plainly, rather than inventing a new definition for the word that has no bearing on all other definitions for that word?
And what other words fit this description? What other words are used where the definition as it pertains to God has no relationship with all other definitions for these words as it pertains to our daily lives?
Why place faith in a book that uses common words whose unique definitions have no relationship with their common definitions?
2006-10-05
01:39:55
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