[July 2006 journal entry]
What is the place of fear and dread – very strong moods/assessments -- in the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm? By the time such is admitted, that which is feared and dreaded is already having deep effect. Think in terms of a continuum that moves from naiveté to wonder to awareness to nervousness to concern to fear and dread. The fear and dread the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm tolerates stem from guilt – i.e., waiting for ‘the other shoe to drop’. Is such fear and dread the ‘scrapheap’ Job’s fear and dread?
What is the place of fear and dread – very strong moods/assessments -- in the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm? By the time such is admitted, that which is feared and dreaded is already having deep effect. Think in terms of a continuum that moves from naiveté to wonder to awareness to nervousness to concern to fear and dread. The fear and dread the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm tolerates stem from guilt – i.e., waiting for ‘the other shoe to drop’. Is such fear and dread the ‘scrapheap’ Job’s fear and dread?
