Thread: The laws of men

"Hey, MIC! Get a 10 foot pole.... Never mind still too close!"

1) I'll go with Thomas Aquinas and Rosa Parks on this one. Sometimes laws of men are created to maintain an unjust status quo. In addition to that, with the combination of Democracy and an increasing focus on marketing, politicians are passing laws to boost their image instead of the quality of life of their constituents. For that reason, I look at every law from a critical standpoint. Some are no-brainers, like putting people in jail for murder, theft and rape, but others, like Ontario's Bill 203 (ammendments to the Highway Traffic Act's section 172) are pure panic-mongering and I wouldn't give them a second thought if I knew there were no cops around.
2) If breaking the law of Man doesn't break any rules of the law of God, it should not affect my afterlife. God gave us the ability to reason logically and that includes interpretation of the laws.
3) There is no right one. Most religious laws are based on societies from hundreds or thousands of years ago. Human society has changed. With that being said, there are some timeless ones like prohibition of theft, murder or "Do onto others..."