Benedict states to "live in fear of Judgement Day and have a great horror of Hell." It seems that Benedict wants the monks to believe in God and follow his precepts for fear that they may be doomed to an eternity of suffering if they do not, but Benedict seems to miss the grace and love God has offered humanity and the gift he has bestowed upon us all. Benedict has forgotten the other facet of God as a loving God but rather portrays the suffering of going against him as something to be feared which no doubt it is but he has a very gloomy view on the life and the perils we face every day. Sin is part of our nature and we should guard against it but on the other hand God wants us to enjoy nature and the world he has created. My point is that sure we should not fear Judgement Day if we have truly loved and therefore feared God in a reverent way.
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