spemanig said:
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Panther111 said:
Religion is mostly a set of laws, not much unlike the american constitution, but under the guise of so called higher powers and such.
a constituion might state that public drinking should be banned, because of so and so, and a religion might state the same, because its supposedly the gods will and such.
most religions are laws put into practice as to how one should live, and what not to do. And if you deter from the texts, you are breaking the code, or in a constituion, the law.
If you break constitutional laws, you go to jail, if you break religious laws, you go to "hell".
Problem arises when the constitutinal law, and the religious laws are opposing one another. And laws have little to do with culture.
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Right. Good thing you don't have to opt in to being a Muslim, right? Making all their religious "laws" completely irrelevant to you. There's absolutely no problem with constitutunal and religious law opposing each other. There is no law forcing Muslims to eat pork or forcing non-muslims to read the Quran, right? So I'm sorry, but I'm not at all seeing the real issue.
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The constititutions and its laws are constantly changing, sometimes for the better, and following the ideals of liberty, justice and the pursuit of happines for all, and sometimes for the worse. The laws are adjusted.
the laws of the quran are not, and some might see certain quotations in the quran and view them as optional and viable because it is the set of rules they primarily follow. If the american constitution still had slavery as an optional law, surely there would be some who would chose to indulge in such heinous acts. But the paragraphs about slavery were reformed and removed, thank God for that.
certain parts of the qurans laws are still there, and thus, certain people chose to act on them although it should have been abolished long ago.
european, american, asian continents all have cruel histories, and atrocities commited in the name of God or the law. But that law has always been changing, whereas religious laws do not. Despite being over 2000 years old.
