No wonder they're scared, I've read the Bible, that god dude is a psychopath. That's when I realized there was no god, when I was like 14 and realized that I was more moral, living, intelligent and reasonable than this god character in the Bible. And if I'm better than god in every way, then he's weak and fake.
they're not scared of god. he loves them. Very much. So much, in fact, that if they don't do exactly what he says, he'll toss them in a pit of burning fire for the rest of eternity. What's there to fear?