Equality and Justice have become more prevelent topics in our society today. Justice has become a tool to establish equality in our society because they coinside. People call for justice constantly or the idea of punishment for crimes commited today. Equality is pushed more and more in our society for races of people and homosexuality. Critical Legal Studies publishes critiques of laws developed in the past to see how they work in today's society. The differnece in the way CLS and the Bible operate is that CLS focuses on the idea of punishment for past mistakes while the Bible holds to the idea that sins and mistakes have been payed for and that redemption is there for anyone who wishes to have it and that they have the oppertunity to move on.
CLS understands the idea of sin and imperfection when it comes to mistakes. CLS advocates for a society of peace and Utopia. This is not possible no matter how much any one man tries to make it so. The idea that of a Utopia and a world that is united isn't a bad idea but has no basis for action. People's fallen nature has a need for structure and their views differ to much from each other. They forget that throughout history people have opressed other nations. They main goal of CLS is to break down the law and prove its flaws by showing its opression of people and the problems it causes.
As Christians we are to uphold the standard laid out in scripture. We are to follow God's example and to understand that through his eyes all humans are made equal and good. Jeremiah tells us as Christians to help those who are in need or are being opressed. Although that is similar to CLS, one must understand that God has laid out a government and has put in power who he wishes to be in power. We are to follow what our government says until it does not line up with scripture in context. In order to keep the people leading our country in line we as a people or political official must not think we are above the law but humble ourselves under it and not be living by the worlds standards but by God's.
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