Every nation appeals to a Supreme Authority to govern through a code of laws.
The 1993 Constitution of the atheist Russian Federation [of states] is frankly based on a contract with the people: “We, the multinational people…adopt the Constitution Of the Russian Federation”.
As does the 1776 American Constitution. “We the People…do ordain and establish this Constitution.
This contrasts sharply with nations based on a spiritual covenant. Take Iran’s Constitution, for example.
“The Islamic Republic is a system based on the faith in One God (“There is no god but God”), the exclusive attribution of sovereignty and the legislation of law to Him, and the necessity of surrender to His commands;
- divine inspiration and its foundational role in the articulation of the laws;
- resurrection and its constructive role in explanation of laws;
- the justice of God in creation and legislation…”
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