Because some people that don't know about Jesus and that never ever been saved, they fear dying and judgement, and Satan. They say religion is the world's greates fear, even if you are a christian or not.
The common fear of external threats was the only factor that held the people of Slovaine together.
Theologicophobia. Not to be confused with theophobia - fear of religion.
Religion
Since Zeus is a god to people in some religions, it could be called a fear of religion - Theophobia.You could probably use Hellenologophobia as well - the fear of Greek terms.Finally...and most obviously...Zeusophobia. Fear of god/gods.
fear of religion,fear of god(s)
near 2 Billion. but may Muslims hide their religion and beliefs because of fear of violence against them. so there is no exact statistics.
John Kuttikottayil has written: 'Confronting Fear in Faith' -- subject- s -: Christianity, Fear, Jaintia - Indic people -, Khasi - Indic people -, Pastoral counseling of, Pastoral psychology, Religion, Religious aspects of Fear, Religious life and customs
Zeusophobia is a fear of God or gods. Theophobia is a fear of gods or religion. Teleophobia is a fear of religious ceremonies.
fear is the key.
Religion is a learned universal institution stemming from the fear of the unknown; namely, death. Where there is fear, there is religion.Answer:Religion is a universal phenomenon because of the ancient shared tradition of all mankind.
What you are asking requires a rather subjective answer; that is people's opinions. To be objective you would have to consider the facts, and facts are not something that come easily to religion v. Atheism debates. In the opinion of a religion: It is not "controlling" people, it is showing people the right path and showing them what not to do. In the opinion of atheism:Religions do indeed use fear to control the masses, religion is a scam and doesn't have a use in our modern day scientific society. My opinion: People can choose to believe what ever they want, it is their mind. Other people do not have the right to infringe upon other's free will.
Most hate toward gay people is religion-based hatred and fear. There is also some self-hatred involved.