The Influence of Religion on Law by the Rt. In primitive societies the influence of religion on law was obvious, but it is not so obvious in modern societies. In primitive communities religion, morals and law were indistinguishably mixed together. This intermingling is typical of all early communities. This severance has gone a great way.
Many people now think that religion and law have nothing in common.
The law, they say, governs our dealings with our fellows, whereas religion concerns our dealings with God. Likewise, they hold that law has nothing to do with morality. Law lays down rigid rules which must be obeyed without questioning whether they are right or wrong. Its function is to keep order, not to do justice. The severance has, I think, gone much too far.