On the Law of Nature

How can we know fundamentally that gods such as Allah who command their followers to physically conquer the world, or Aztec or Hindu gods who often demand human sacrifice, are false? The reason is that such demands are against what some have called the "Law of Nature." The Law of Nature is interpreted various ways, but its' major tenets are forever imbedded in the soul of human beings.

The Law of Nature may be summed up as, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made He man" (Gen. 9:6). The Law of Nature is the idea of justice. God has placed in all of us an inner recognition of rights and morals. Religions which contradict these rights and morals are squandering the human conscience. Members of these religions are kept in them by psychological terror.

While various cultures have suppressed and attacked the concept of the Law of Nature, it still remains embedded in human thinking. No matter where one goes, the concept will reassert itself occasionally and there will be an attempt at, or at least a wish for, social reform.

Indeed, as C. S. Lewis argued, the very fact that quarrels can occur is evidence for some underlying sense of justice or morality.Of course, groups proclaiming peace between all religions, Universal Oneness, etc. (such as Ba'hai and some forms of Buddhism and New Age-ism) are false for the same reason. If some religions are false, then not all religions are true.

The Christian religion as expressed through the Bible is the only one which can satisfy all the needs of the human soul, including the "Law of Nature" craving for true justice and absolute rights.


-R. Josiah Magnuson