A couple months ago I blogged on the notion of a fear of heaven. What follows below is a much longer discussion of the same topic. It is an autobiographical excerpt which I originally wrote for a book I am currently writing on the concept of heaven. Once I decided that the passage would not be included in the book, […]
ouranophobia
Ouranophobia and its treatment
The world is full of bizarre phobias. One of the strangest is arachibutyrophobia, the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. (If you’re that scared then why are you eating a Reese Peanut butter cup to begin with?!) As a theologian, my pick for the weirdest phobia (at least on the […]

