@Lerianis10 ... in a society where people have absolute morals. But in the miasma of today's "do what you want so long as it doesn't hurt anybody", the definition of hurting someone varies wildly across the spectrum of humanity. In Saudi Arabia, its acceptable to lash a women and imprison her for being raped, and she bears the blame. You and I know that is totally ass-backwards, but they accept it as "truth". You say that getting stoned and having sex with anyone who consents is ok. They say it isn't (and, it isn't).
So because humans have this innate ability to skew things to suit themselves (the Saudi example being extreme, but is merely mysogonistic behaviour hiding behind a twisted, vested-interest interpretation of the Koran), it is totally necessary to have "illegal" things defined - else society would self-destruct in short order. Sort of what we in the west are seeing now, just like what happened to the Romans, Greeks and every other major civilization that has traded freedom for license... When we get to the stage where everyone has the same regard for others as they do themselves, and that self-regard is a healthy one born out of a genuine relationship with God, THEN we won't need rules and regulations, as everyone will KNOW what is good or bad, right and wrong, beneficial or damaging etc etc. Until then, the rules and regs, regrettably, need to stay.
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