{
  "id": "MTOM-0031",
  "title": "Dumb Down Fear of God to Mere Respect or Reverence",
  "slug": "dumb-down-fear-of-god-to-mere-respect-reverence",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/dumb-down-fear-of-god-to-mere-respect-reverence/",
  "category": "God and Divine Character",
  "severity": 4,
  "severity_label": "Level 4 - Soul-endangering deception",
  "danger_type": "fear_of_god_reduced_to_politeness",
  "status": "full_depth_wave3_draft",
  "summary": "Respect and reverence belong to the fear of God, but they do not exhaust it. Biblical fear includes trembling moral seriousness before the Holy One.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Prov 1:7",
    "Eccl 12:13",
    "Isa 66:2",
    "Matt 10:28",
    "Heb 12:28-29"
  ],
  "key_terms": "yirah [fear, awe, trembling reverence]; phobos [fear]; tromos [trembling]; eulabeia [reverent caution]",
  "related_topics": [
    "god-the-father-and-jesus-our-saviour-are-really-nice",
    "dumb-down-be-ye-holy-as-the-lord-is-holy-to-god-knows-we-are-only-human-lighten-up",
    "must-be-nice-as-a-christian",
    "pastors-will-not-preach-hell-or-end-times"
  ],
  "wave": "Wave 3 - Salvation and Holiness Distortions",
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local hover tooltips generated from local site data",
  "generated": "2026-06-12T15:29:20.058666+00:00"
}