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Explain why religious people might find it right to break the law.
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Crime and Punishment Essay ? Explain why religious people might find it right to break the law. (5 marks) Christians say that everyone should be treated equally. Jesus said, "Love your neighbour as yourself". This meant that everyone should be treated equally. If there was a law in a country that did not treat people equally then some Christians would find it acceptable to break the law as they believe that they law was not fair to some people. Christians believe in the law of love and would not go by a rule that was unjust to anyone. An example of this is when Martin Luther King broke the law in a peaceful way because he felt the law was unfair towards black people and that they had a lack of civil rights. This was an example of how the government was not treating people equally. Hindus have two kinds of law. One...
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