"the primary fact for us to reckon with is the judgment we face, regardless of whether we identify this as coming from the God of the Jews or from universal cosmic forces.

the fear beneath all fears, which in turn creates the stress, depression, and anger of everyday life and human history, is fear of ultimate judgment. This is to say, the fear of ultimate condemnation, because fear of judgment implies condemnation. If we were confident of acquittal, judgment would not possess the sting it does. Judgment for us entails condemnation.

Imprisonments of fear, rooted in an ultimate fear of condemnation, cause the experience of living to be colored by anxiety, tension, depression, and rage.

We would do almost anything to prevent a return to the unbearable place of exposure, nonstatus, and dereliction to which condemnation refers us."