It doesn't; it was invented froma daze by a hypnogogic cottagewife in Scotland, IIRC, in the 19th century.

Howsomeever, there is a very interesting and positive point lurking between these fractious assertions.

If fear were eliminated, what form would religion evolve into? I suggest it might not just disappear, although it might be unrecognizable compared to the entrenched authoritarian models relished today by many cults, including the Boston Catholics, the Tehran Shiites, and the Saudi Wahaabi, for example. But without fear, un-chained curiousity and discovery might become the order of the day, and a new model of workable spiritual principles might begin to emerge.

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