Religious vs Secular Society
... The right answer is dictated by this nomos produced in society. ... We internalize the nomos, that is to say we accept these “unquestionable choices” as our own, and begin a role in our society. Our role of abiding by the nomos of our society and being human “the right way” is expected of us. ... First, the individual can lose the “ME” and thus the roles of society. ... Second, the individual can lose the “I” and completely become the expected roles of society. ... He accepts the image of who society wants him to be and rejects his own desires for who he wants to be. ... In this religious society the role of the individual is to abide by the nomos because that is the way that the gods would want it. However in a secular society the religious symbols are not used to legitimate the nomos because not everyone accepts them as true. ... From what I see, the true distinction between a religious society and a secular society is the reason we accept the nomos and the roles of the society we live in. In a religious society, one internalizes the nomos because that is what the numinous power would have us do and furthermore we accept the notion that it is highly likely we could benefit from this being. ... At this point we could give an example of a religious missionary who moves to Zimbabwe to live in a hut and teach people of his god.