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I feel that I am communicating with you respectfully. I only ask that you do the same in turn. I think this thread is going very well for DCUM, so I hope we can do away with the need to insult.

Now, to address your post: How were the laws formed? You say it's based on the state and federal government, but how did they determine what laws were needed? Based on what?[/quote]

They emerge from the evolving societal beliefs. Some had a basis in religion, but many did not. Laws governing the separation of Church and state, for example clearly did not stem from a religion, but from the human experience of how best to live together in peace and ensure the maximum benefit to society. Prohibitions on murder - some people may be against killing because of religion, some people may be in favor of killing because of religion. Humans have found, by trial and error, that prohibiting killing is the best way to ensure peace and maximise our utility. Likewise for protecting property rights and so on. They emerge from an evolving discourse in society.  For this reason we have thrown away many laws - like prohibitions on sodomy - that would still be enforced if we allowed religion to be the source of our laws.[/quote]

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