The New Religious Legalism
The heresies may be different, but the demand remains the same.
One of the unfortunate tendencies of religious individuals who gain power is a desire to control the actions (and even thoughts) of others through legalism, whether it is socially or legally enforced.
In his essay “The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment” from God in the Dock, C.S. Lewis wrote:
Of all tyrannies, a …
