Law and Religion

Religion began as a way to explain unfathomable gaps in understanding how the world and the things within it worked. It became a fundamental part of many lives because it gave the population faith and understanding as to why things functioned the way they did. Unexplainable events were concluded as the will of a higher being, as it was the simplest rational. Nonetheless, time has shifted, and with different ages comes change. However important they were when our kind had no other explanation for the universe or way to be governed; religious beliefs have become undermined by our development and advancement in the understanding of our morals and needs to provide order and reason: law.

What is law and what is religion? Law does not have clear boundaries, but can be embodied and described as a set of rules created under reason, morality and ethics to provide justice. It was created because over time and experience, there were ideas seen in consensus as wrong, and restrictions needed to be placed in order to protect human rights and the wellbeing of the nation. If a law is controversial to the majority, it should not be considered a law. Religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power for the explanation of the scheme of the universe. It was created because a higher being was the easiest explanation of the world, and gave the practitioner a sense of purpose. Although the two were both created from a figment of thought from man, what makes one different from another is the reasoning and basis behind them. When asked proof to why religion is real and exists, there is only one possible answer: I just feel and believe it. For this reason, the basis to religion is purely by belief and faith, and thus is unprovable, ...

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...on, the result is only the wrath of a hypothetical god. On the other hand, if one disobeys law, dire consequences almost always result, specifically in the harm of an object, person, or idea. Laws only stand and exist to protect people and provide justice; if laws are broken, the protection of the people and justice is broken as well. Due to the aftermath of neglecting law being much greater than religion, the laws of a country should be upheld and followed to a higher degree than of religion.

Law is rationalized with evidence, cannot be used to manipulate a nation, protects and ensures the safety of the people, and is parallel with universal human morals. Although religion serves many purposes, it can neither serve nor be the things law encompasses; religious beliefs cannot come above the laws of a country because of their ambiguity and tendency to be manipulated.