We all carry fear; it is part of being human, a warning and a guide if we learn to direct it wisely. Fear can paralyze or teach, destroy or protect—it depends on how we face it. We need the help and example of a God who knows fear, who has felt the weight of dread and uncertainty, so that He can take our hand, walk with us through the shadows, and show us how to turn fear into courage and careful action.
A God who, by definition, cannot tolerate evil is IMPOSSIBLE because of what we are all like. We would not be here if He were not at least tolerating evil and harmful deeds. All God believers lie to themselves that they have a good God. They do not, nor do they want one. They want one that benefits them, even if the so-called evil suffer. A God letting things be that bad and that fake is impossible. Religion and prayer make a crutch for hiding how our talk against evil is us outsourcing the evil in ourselves.
Some say that God chose the right number of people to die in, say, the plague, to maximize the chance for us to help them and grow as better people. If God has a plan, that is what they have to agree with. So, if we wasted the suffering of the plague victims by not helping, that is our problem, not God's. The accusation will totally wreck our sense of self-worth. To accuse people without proof is more than just unfair—it demoralizes them so they don't do good as well as they might.
That assumes that our moral compassion, love, and sense of justice are that great. It, in fact, is very wobbly. Even without that, it is hubris to say that people should suffer terribly so that you can do things to make yourself approved by God. You may say that God does the things you do not do. But you take credit for letting Him, so your false humility fools nobody. A person who won't let God use them and let God do the work is worse than one who can do the good works and does not. Why? Because it is naturally easier if the works are hard but God is doing them, not you.
Pope Francis said in 2022 that God does not, in the slightest, have any fear when sin is rife or when people sin. If God will cause sin to burn out, that takes time. God having all power and letting sin have its way for a while out of respect for free will, then, is compatible with Him fearing it. It is natural to fear an hour of agony in the dentist’s chair, even though you know it will be okay and good afterward! It is rational.
In Matthew 10:25–26, Jesus speaks of the threat of Satan but warns His followers not to fear him at all.
These characters should know that evil, by definition, demands a response of fear just because of what it is. Either they think evil is evil, or they don't know what the word means. What does the notion that God does not fear evil AT ALL tell us about sin? That we should not fear the evil we see in others. But what will happen when the gang breaks into your house to beat you up? If you don't feel fear, you are not normal. And what if you have children?