Saturday, October 10, 2009
Does the attempt to hold natural law to an unchanging..
The question that I would like to respond to this week is whether attempting to hold natural law to an unchanging social leads to an inherently religious view. I would have to disagree that attempts to hold the law to unchanging ideas is religious. It is apparent throughout the years that laws are static because some unidentified themes run deep between all human beings. It is a realization that the religion is intertwined with history. History is an account of religion and religion is an account of history. Attempting to hold the law to unchanging standards is to be true to history. History is universal and has shown us how the truth of ideals has led to religion as we know it today. It is hard to believe that we could separate religion from everything that we know of today in the world of history. I think that it is not inherently religious to hold natural law to unchanging sets of ideals. Its important to remember that we are all in some right religious beings by simply obeying some parts of natural law.
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All concepts and ideas in society are relative to the context of the individuals within society. Words and texts might stay the same--we can look at a book today and know that it will not physically change in the future. The meanings of these words, however, is in a constant flux. Originally, law was created as a device of revenge upon those who wronged you (this hasn't changed all that much). There was a point in history when the revenge (ie being hung or tortured for crimes) was put on public display for enjoyment. The origin of law exists in the human enjoyment of the pain inflicted upon others. I doubt anyone would say that this is what justice is today. Anyone who would spend their free time going to executions for the sick pleasure they get while watching would probably be called crazy. An ahistorical, non-temporal notion of law, religion, and other concepts does not exist. Meanings are in constant flux.
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