I was lucky. I was never taught a fearful God - I was raised
  Methodist - and even in my time in the Eastern Orthodox Church
  [among others inbetween], it never came up like that.

  So now that I'm agnostic, I still don't comprehend the fearful
  God thing.

  I mean, I've HEARD about that version of God. But I was never
  taught it, so it's weird to me.