"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love." 1 John 4:18
Alan: Conservative Christians are fundamentally afraid of "ending up among the damned" so that their personal quest for "salvation assurance" puts self-interest ahead of all else.
This is not to say that Christian conservatives do not "do good works."
Rather, their personal interest in salvation assurance is primary - and all else is secondary.
They assume that this prioritization of "self" is divinely-ordained.
But what if a literal reading of 1 John 4:18 is true?
And if a literal reading of 1 John 4:18 is not true, then what becomes of biblical literalism?
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May 30, 2016 - Trump's Promotion Of Fear And Consequent Need For More Military "Protection" ... American Conservatives And Aggressive Ignorance.
Dec 31, 2016 - Peer-reviewed research shows that conservatives are more sensitive to threat. While this threat-bias can distort reality, fuel irrational fears, and ...
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Apr 19, 2018 - A 2003 review of research conducted in five countries looked at 22 separate tests of the hypothesis that fear fuels conservative viewpoints and ...
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Nov 22, 2017 - Brain imaging studies have even shown that the fear center of the brain, the amygdala, is actually larger in conservatives than in liberals.
Growing up in staunchly conservative, white-washed North Idaho taught me a thing or two about fear. I knew what I was supposed to fear but more importantly,
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Nov 1, 2017 - New research confirms right-wing resistance to change is based largely in fear.
Nov 1, 2017 - New research confirms right-wing resistance to change is based largely in fear.
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