I grew up scared of God – really scared of Him. I remember, as a 5-year-old, the terror I felt when I was told that if I was naughty, I wouldn’t go to heaven. Of course, I was never naughty, but I was often good for the wrong reasons.
I can’t pretend that as a pre-schooler, I knew what heaven was all about, but I understood the concept of rewards and consequences, so I knew that heaven must be a good place and that if I didn’t behave well, I would be destined for ‘some other place’.
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