Breaking the Law: A Crime or a Sin?
...ept pretend that the United States is really a God-fearing nation. The girl would walk into the GAP, say ‘hello’ to the guard at the entrance, and not even notice that there aren’t any security cameras. Shoppers would have the Ten Commandments embedded in their brains and would automatically believe that stealing is morally wrong. With no fear of shoplifters, security cameras would not be necessary and employees wouldn’t have to follow customers around to make sure they don‘t take anything. If America was governed by the Bible’s teachings and God instead of laws, people might be much nicer towards one another. Obeying the laws to be a nicer person is a lot less selfish than obeying the laws to avoid jail. Everyone would have to be religious for this to work, so that might be kind of hard. But, if everyone was religious and belonged to the same religion, the Bible would be an excellent way to keep a nation organized. People would learn from the Bible’s moral lessons. Even if God didn’t write the Bible, and even if the stories are fictional, they still teach decent lessons. The story of Kane and Able teaches kids at an early age about sibling rivalry. It might also teach adults, on another level, about jealousy. Kane’s jealousy led him to kill his brother. He let a small situation grow out of control and not only ended his brother’s life, but ruined the rest of his own. Whether or not this story is true doesn’t really matter. The point gets across easily and doesn’t take much analyzing. The same goes for the Ten Commandments. They’re very short and to the point and tell exactly what people should and should not do. The Ten Commandments are similar to the United States’ laws because when followed, they can make model citizens. Not only would following the Commandments make a person good, but that person could influence others to do good as well. People who don’t have any real proof in God will fight for their beliefs in Him regardless. Breaking a Commandment or going against the words of the Bible would be considered a sin. If the country held sinning more serious than the act of committing a crime, then sinning would be a reason not to break a law. I think it really just depends on the country’s standards. Since the...