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Fear Of The Holy

This is where Freud missed the point. If people are going to invent religion to protect them from the fear of nature, why would they invent a god who is more terrifying than nature itself? Why would they invent a holy god? Fallen creatures, when they make idols, do not make holy idols. We prefer the unholy, the profane, the secular—a god we can control.

R. C. Sproul, Romans: The Righteous Shall Live By Faith, St. Andrew’s Expositional Commentary