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Religion as a Tool of States Craft, As Outlined By Jean-Jacques Rousseau "You produce a deadly paradox," Jessica had written. "Government cannot be religious and self assertive at the same time. Religious experience needs a spontaneity, which laws inevitably suppress. And you cannot govern without laws. Your laws eventually must replace morality, replace conscience, and replace even the religion by which you think to govern. Sacred ritual must spring from praise and holy yearnings, which hammer out a significant morality. Government on the other hand, is a cultural organism particularly attractive to doubts, questions and contentions. I see the day coming when ceremony must take the place of faith and symbolism replaces morality." Letter from the Lady Jessica Atredies Dune Messiah. P.252. Religion occurs as a component in virtually every society. With this in mind, one should then also look at what function the religious component serves in societies. Jean-Jacques Rousseau examines religion...

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