Healthy, life-affirming fear

Pope Benedict XVI knows how to work an audience:

In an off-the-cuff remark, Benedict recommended "fear of God" as a way to deal with the difficulties of the world.

"It is through the fear of God that we are not afraid of the world and its problems, we are not afraid of men because God is stronger," Benedict said.

What a great idea! I think there are some great opportunities for marketing the Catholic faith here. The Vatican could print up t-shirts that say,

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Oh, and the almighty Lord." --Pope Benedict XVI

They could even come up with some television commercials with catchy music! I recommend re-writing the Ghostbusters theme song to include the lyric "I'm afraid of the Holy Ghost!"

The Catholic Church is going to make a fortune!