Understanding the spiritual corruption that is Fear

I have written a good deal, over the past years, on the subject of "fear as a sin". Some commenters have reacted immediately against this idea, pouring scorn on the idea; yet without (it seems to me) properly trying to understand the argument. 

That fear is a sin was not immediately obvious to me - I needed to think the matter through before becoming convinced. 

Francis Berger has added to the spiritual discussion of fear in a post today, taking a new angle and making several important points that had not occurred to me. 

Considering that fear is a besetting sin of the modern West -- such that public expressions of existential terror in relation to a variety of socially-approved subjects, are not just acceptable, but attract positive moral approbation -- I strongly recommend reading the whole thing. 

And thinking about it.