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Part 6 of Jesus and the Disinherited on the topic of fear. Reads Clive Benson's "The Centurion" and from George Bernard Shaw's "On the Rocks," "the greatest of Rome is nothing but fear." Fear is an emotional response to danger. Even those in power show fear by devising so many creative ways to insure the status quo. Example of Pliny the Elder requesting and being denied the organization of a firefighting unit, because those in the unit might organize against the government. Story of French government officer responsible for domination of Morocco who said that if Pilate had been a smart leader he would have "liquidated" Jesus in the hills, long before things could become so dramatic. But for the truly marginalized, they have a fear of death the hangs over everything, knowing that one slip of a remark could lead to their death, a death without dignity like a dog. A marginalized parent would teach their babies to behave in such as way so as to not unintentionally bring them physical danger. So fear is a form of protection by conditioning behavior. However, this protection is temporary, and eventually fear becomes that with destroys our souls. Hence Jesus said to not fear the death of the body, for then there is nothing else they can do, but fear God.
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