Why do people fear God? Some people are afraid to have faith, because they are afraid of what they will have to do if they do believe in God. Some are afraid of what will happen in the end of the world, and they would rather not know. Fear and faith cannot exist together. One cannot have faith in something and at the same time be afraid of it. Some are afraid that if they have faith, it will be taken away from them. And some simply do not know what faith is. But why do people fear? What is there to be afraid of? What is fear? Where does it come from?
In the book, The Republic of Plato, there is an excerpt from Book VII called “Plato’s Cave.” There are so many things one can pull from its meaning. I focused on fear. The fir
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