Fearful
An 18 year old female explains how she turns to religion when she is afraid.
I am born Roman Catholic but do not attend Church on a regular basis. I would say I believe in God, whether this is because I was raised to do so or out of fear, I cannot tell. That’s a little frightening so I live my day to day life, I’d say, without God, although when I am in a seriously frightening or complicated situation I automatically find myself praying to God… but again, it may be out of habit. Maybe this is because I find comfort in believing that some greater being will get me out of a tight situation that I have no power over. I’d probably say I live in the moment, I don’t like to think too much of the future or after death because I inevitably can’t know.
Is the association between fear and God a primarily Catholic, or generically Christian phenomenon? With so many biblical and traditional threats of eternal consequences, it’s understandable that one may have these feelings of latent fear. She believes because she’s afraid not to believe, as she only turns to God in times of fear. This does not seem like the most positive relationship with religion.
