words can be so interesting

ok i'm terribly bored at work. i began surfing sites. and guess what, i realised today is Friday the 13th. are you afraid of this day? if you are, you probably have paraskavedekatriaphobia/paraskevidekatriaphobia. here's what i found from here.

Paraskevidekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th.

The word "paraskevidekatriaphobia" was devised by Dr. Donald Dossey who told his patients that "when you learn to pronounce it, you're cured!"

LOL. how interesting where words come from. and while i was on it, i checked out phobialist.com, and here are some of the phobias i thought was most interesting, or caught my attention most. i wonder who came up with those super long and hard to pronounce words... hmmm...

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Caligynephobia/Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Hadephobia/Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia- Fear of hell.
Hagiophobia- Fear of saints or holy things.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia/Sesquipedalophobia- Fear of long words.
Homilophobia- Fear of sermons.
Ouranophobia or Uranophobia- Fear of heaven.
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.
Zeusophobia- Fear of God or gods.

This is what many people have, especially girls: Obesophobia/Pocrescophobia- Fear of gaining weight.
I might have philophobia... hahahaha... just joking... or maybe not... ack.. i dunno. lol..

well, there're hundreds of phobias, and probably new ones are created every now and then, but there should only be one that is acceptable, and that is, Zeusophobia!! why, you ask?

Psalms 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 9:10
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORD leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

Proverbs 22:4
Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

fear the LORD, fear His punishment. by fearing His punishment we follow His laws and Word, and that brings wisdom, knowledge, life, wealth, honor.. the blessings go on. But know that He loves us so much, He gave His one and only Son to die for us, that we may have eternal life (John 3:16). in that love, that perfect love, there is no more fears, because we know we are cleansed of our sins, that Jesus has borne our sins and taken the punishment for us. We become children of God through Jesus Christ, and our relationship with Him is that of a child in reverence of his father, respecting, fearing, but yet so much in loving his dad.