Surprising Parallels Between Western Legal Systems and Religious Dogma

The Justice Lark
8 min readJan 3, 2024
Photo by Pedro Lima on Unsplash

Western legal systems are are often perceived as bastions of logic, divorced from the subjective realms of belief and faith that characterise religion.

However, a closer examination reveals a startling parallel: these purportedly secular institutions are, in many respects, often strikingly similar to the religious structures they claim to…

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The Justice Lark

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