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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Claims that law and morality comes from the bible are humourous.. More often than not in history people used it as a justification for breaking laws and acting immorally.. Most of the basis for our laws today come from Roman times, not the bible..
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While it doesn't come from the Bible, it also doesn't come from Roman times either, which is a common misconception. Most of OUR modern law comes from 16th century comparative law which was evolved from allocation-type "tribalism". Basically it was allocating power and property rights, and was the first system to come up with solutions to what were otherwise unmitigated property disputes.
But I would say roman democracy had more to do with our modern law than the Bible itself. And I think human common sense and nature take precedent for the most part in any mass organizing of a belief system. Although subtle and not so subtle differences are bound to occur culturally.