Please help! I need a paragraph refuting the following statement -"fear is the basis of religion"
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Americans live with varied and sometimes strange fears. Here’s a sampling from polls conducted last year:
Nearly half of Americans are afraid that our nation will end up in a nuclear war with North Korea.
Forty percent of Americans are afraid they will be a victim of a mass shooting.
About three out of four people admit fears about government corruption in the age of Donald Trump.
Millennials are especially fearful about the country’s future, according to a Harvard study.
More than 70% of Americans fear that robots will take over their lives.
Fear is largely seen as a psychological issue. It lodges in our minds where it lives and grows if it isn’t assuaged. But fear is also a spiritual issue, according to Benjamin Corey. In his new book, “Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith,” he explores how the emotion can affect us at a deeper level. Here he discusses what he believes are misconceptions about “the fear of God” and what it means to take seriously the Bible’s commands to “fear not.”