What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I k…

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What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist? ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.22, Faber & Faber
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