Organized Religion is an established and structured belief system with a large following and typically a holy text containing defined rules and rituals. The three largest organized religions in order are as stated: Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. The disobedience of religious rules is sacrilege which in a standard setting would only result in the impurity of the soul which would then have to be purified through methods of religious mending. The issues with organized religion is the belief of the followers. Many followers of religions do not comply to every regulation set by each's holy text. This leads into performing unacknowledged sacrilege which should not be punished in the sinner's perspective, but should in the full fledge believers.
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For example, Iran is a theocracy dictated by Islam and the inner workings of the Quran. However, in the case of The Scarlet Letter's Puritan society in Boston, the government is a religious democracy in which a governor is democratically elected and creates laws, but is still regimented by a religion. Naturally, as they do, government's have a judicial system in place for trial and punishment. A religious government, however, includes the regulations dictated by their religion's holy text in their list of punishable crimes. This reflects back to religion's followers being devoted to all matters stated in the scriptures or only complying with a generic outline of the religion. This allows other wise overlooked or rudimentary actions to be subjected to capital punishment. For example, in Iran and other Islamic based societies, it is against the Quran for women to show skin other than the face which can lead to them being arrested or, more commonly, physically punished such as being lashed by a
For example, Iran is a theocracy dictated by Islam and the inner workings of the Quran. However, in the case of The Scarlet Letter's Puritan society in Boston, the government is a religious democracy in which a governor is democratically elected and creates laws, but is still regimented by a religion. Naturally, as they do, government's have a judicial system in place for trial and punishment. A religious government, however, includes the regulations dictated by their religion's holy text in their list of punishable crimes. This reflects back to religion's followers being devoted to all matters stated in the scriptures or only complying with a generic outline of the religion. This allows other wise overlooked or rudimentary actions to be subjected to capital punishment. For example, in Iran and other Islamic based societies, it is against the Quran for women to show skin other than the face which can lead to them being arrested or, more commonly, physically punished such as being lashed by a