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[–] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Religious law and civil law are not very different, the latter is based on the former, historically speaking.

Hammurabi's Code disagrees with you.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    He derived his laws from the god Shamash. He just codified and imposed his interpretation. I am well aware of the stele, I've seen it! As sure as Shamash is my witness!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago*

    Have you got a citation for the claim that the laws were supposed to be the divine commandments of Shamash? All the articles I can find on the code or the stele just talk about the laws themselves with no mention of religious connotations.

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