Black Spirituality Religion : Rules and Regulations for the Weak?

[Angela22]

I was cracking atoms with a brutha earlier today and he told me something that has stuck with me since.

He basically told me....and sincerely believed....that rules, laws, and regulations were designed for weak people.
He said because some people couldn't hold their own in life and protect themselves, society came up with rules and regulations to protect them.




Now ofcourse being somewhat of a religious and law-abiding man, I thought this to be kind of over-the-top.

But driving home and observing my environment, the more sense it started to make.




Murder, theft, assault, rape........?

Where I come from, most people who consider themselves tough don't go to the law when they are violated, they handle it on thier own almost instinctually.

If someone violates thier family, they usually handle it on thier own.



Marriage, sexual rules and customs.....?

How many people who are very sexually active, confident, and skillful in bed worry about their mates cheating or leaving them.

A man has a woman, and protects that woman, and keeps that woman no matter what she's called (wife, girlfriend, partner, ect). And he's not worried about titles.



Now my man's assertion may sound ridiculous to some, but it's still got me thinking.

But rules only come into effect when people actually follow them.

Consequences are there if you break them, yes, but it's not immediately beneficial to a person if another violating said rules doesn't give a shucks to start.

It doesn't matter how many are there for those "weak" people, it won't "protect them" if someone else totally disregards them, yeah?

I mean, rules can be broken, and regulations can be discarded by anyone. They can guide and deter, but actually protect? I don't know about that.

And even if they're more beneficial to those who are weaker in society, is that a problem? Does is make those who choose to handle their own business better? Not really. That's especially if they're inadequate at doing so. "Stronger" doesn't always equate "better" in whatever one might be using it for, nor does "weak" always mean worse off. Leastways not to me.

I'm not understanding the whole being "very sexually active" and "confident" thing, much though.

People worry about cheating all of the time, regardless of how much they're doing it with their significant other. Why? Because they could be stepping out for any reason at all beyond not getting enough sex. No, titles don't mean that much, if you're not actually living up to it. But they can stand for something.

If rules, regulations, customs, and so forth are in place for "weak people", I'd say the whole of the earth is full on "weak people", because rules and laws, wherever you go, apply to all and customs are kept by many.

Sounds kind of like your friend just wanted to sound above it all, as though he needs no rules in his life. I mean, I'm sure we all have our own, and call 'em unwritten. Rules are just necessary because chaos and doing others wrong is acknowledged.