On the premise of creating a set of laws for a new society, I would base the society on the equality of all people on the sense of treatment of other people. It would be a welcoming society for all people. So, with this mindset in place, I would like to add my opinion to the controversy about adding the first commandment to a new society that would be hypothetically made. I don’t think that this commandment should be added to the laws because there should be freedom of religion. Therefore, if this were to be added to the laws, there would be consequences for not following the law as with the other laws. If anyone would want to be part of this society, they would have to accept God and be fully committed to this religion. It would push people to the sidelines and bar them from being part of the society, which would ultimately be the opposite of the society’s founding principles. Then there is the fact of enforcing the law; how would there be a way of finding who is not following this specific law? I recognize that this could set a higher being of connection and precedence for people to pay attention to the laws and not break them. However, if people are in a society together, those who set the laws up in conjunction with the people they will draw their power for obeying the laws from the head of the society. The motivation to obey the laws would be derived from the desire to not be punished for breaking the laws. There would be no need for a uniting religious figure if there is a uniting desire to not face the consequences of breaking the law and respecting the governing body.
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