Christians and the Legal System
Christian Relationship to the Legal System
As many individuals understand, despite any religious affiliation, the legal system is set in place in order to foster the creation and continuation of a good society. This good society can then be achieved by promoting the good and eliminating the bad. It is in this elimination of the bad, that societies and their legal systems begin to differ. While certain legal systems enforce the law through right and just ways, other legal systems are deemed cruel and unnecessary. In viewing the American legal system and its relationship to Christianity, one can better understand which portions of the legal system are represented within Christianity within the Bible and its religious teachings. Further, one can understand the beliefs of the Christian legal system, which exists to focus on human equality before God along with a Christian duty to serve God by serving each other. In understanding the basis of Christian teachings and beliefs, one can form their own personal opinions as to what the relationship should be between Christians and the legal system.
Christian View of the Legal System
Author Thomas Samuelian (2008) notes that Christian view of the legal system has stemmed largely from the most pivotal event in Christianity -- the crucifixion, an event that "underlies most of our law to this day" (Samuelian, 1). The crucifixion is understood by Christians as one of the most significant societal and legal injustices of all time, in which an innocent man was publically and cruelly punished for crimes he did not commit. Samuelian notes, "Honest people who understood Christ's innocence were probably a minority, although had they even been a majority, they would have been helpless to prevent it" (Samuelian, 1).
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