Should the Law be above Religion?

Answer 1

Law needs to be above religion. Laws need to be applied to ALL people equally. No discrimination between gender, race, religion or economic stature.

Sharia Islamic Laws (religious laws) as an example are biased and discriminatory. They are ruthless towards women and riddled with double standards.

Religious laws also discriminate against those who do not hold the same beliefs.

Basically, a society is doomed to failure and will not progress if it insists upon religious laws.

Answer 2

Yes. "The Law" or "Laws" are written to be applied to everyone in a particular society. Not everyone in society follows the same religion and without a common law things would get pretty chaotic if each religion could choose their own rules and punishments. An eye for an eye anyone?!

Answer 3

The law that is democratic in it's principles, ensuring the right for religion and non faith both to exist in society, is a law that should be above religion.
Otherwise, it is as stuffy and oppressive as religious laws whilst disguised as secularism. Even worse.

Answer 4

Good question.

Law should act in concert with religion. They should both have a place in society, but a separate place. If you try to combine the two, you end up with disaster.

Laws should punish people for inquiring other people and other's property. They should be used to let the people do good.

Religion should be an instrument that people can use to become better people, and help their society.

Breaking man's laws should result in punishment by man, and Breaking God's laws should result in punishment by God.

Answer 5

of course.

Let's even make a concrete example. A christian scientist mother has a child who is sick and dying, but can be cured by modern medicine. The mother refuses because medical treatment is against her religion. Do we let the child die just to appease the religious sensibilities of the mother? This is but one example of what would happen if we put religion over the law.

Answer 6

There can only be one law, but there are many religions. Law must be above religion or you would have anarchy.

Answer 7

The law is above religion. I said I believed in god and would repent, yet I still spent the night in the drunk tank.

Answer 8

huh? they are two seperate things. the law may rule in certain religious matters. but belief is in the heart and can not be legislated or regulated by any law. . . . in communist nations during the cold war religion was outlawed, but it didn't stop many people from believing and practicing their religion. . . . different religions will teach different things, but Christianity teaches (in Romans 13) to obey the rule of earthly governments because they are established by God - even if they are anti-Christian! (The Roman government was extremely anti-Christian at the time, but Paul still wrote to obey the law of the land.) Jesus also taught his followers to give to Ceasar what was Ceasar's (i.e. pay your taxes and give proper respect and obedience to the law of the land.)

Answer 9

the law is def. something that needs to be followed. It is here to protect us, and give us our rights. However, it does favor a certain religion, and tends to shy off from others. You have to ultimatly keep them seperate. Follow the law, but dont include any religious aspects. Your religious beliefs are for you only and no one else.

Answer 10

Yes, and law should be above money as well. Well, we're working on that.