“Yes……for someone so forgiving and loving, there’s an awful lot of fear involved, isn’t there. Fear of him, fear of his wrath, fear of you and others like you, fear of temptation and, of course, people’s fear of themselves. Of others. Of anything that contradicts their beliefs. Of things that don’t. There’s no end to it.”
Horror placidly poured two cups of tea.
“Some people don’t like the idea of burning in hell. Others really are frightened of being bad people, of deserving hell after they die. Then there are those who only say they believe, those who want to believe but can’t…..those who think it’s all a joke. Truly, there are all kinds. If I was that god they prayed to…..why, I might even laugh over it all.”