Law, Culture By William Brewbaker Summary

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The article is a part of the journal Law, Culture, and the Humanities, and the author is William S. Brewbaker. This article proposes the idea that any country that does not obey the laws of God will eventually fall in disarray, insisting that justice and God must be intertwined into any society so as to prevent chaos. The article goes on to explain that in the USA particularly, the reliance on God has diminished significantly, causing disruption and bias within our judiciary system. To solve this, the author suggests requiring the Law of God to be taught in law schools throughout the country, referencing high profile colleges who already do this in the process. Although I disagree with these statements, I believe that this discussion can be …show more content…
This discussed the definitions of heaven and hell, which is the Christian version of a justice system in the afterlife. God looks at you and all of your sins, or crimes, and places you in heaven or hell based on these sins. A definition of what these places are are important when discussing God’s justice and would be lacking without. This article discusses the definition of heaven more so than the definition of hell, but to its bare bones, heaven is where you are closest to God, but hell is where you are furthest from God, with hell having various levels. Heaven is where you feel welcomed and at home, whereas hell is uninviting and cloaked in …show more content…
A day, which is not a day but a thousand year period, where the living, as well as the dead, have the chance for redemption over their sins, as well as the original sin committed by Adam and Eve. Justice is then served to those who refuse God’s instruction and banished to spend an eternity in hell, whereas all who pass judgement will be graced with an eternity with God on Earth, living as the original plan before the original sin was committed. This, too will be used as another viewpoint in justice in the Christian theological sense, suggesting that all justice will be served all at once rather than be served as one dies as is suggested in most

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