One objection many people seem to have with organised religion is the number of rules that there seem to be. I have to say that it is view that I have some sympathy with.
For the Christian there are actually very few rules. As Paul says "For me there are no forbidden things" (1 Cor. 6:12), though he does go on to say "but not everything does good"
In fact the only thing necessary is this "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself" (Luke 10:27)
Jesus only gave his disciples one commandment "Love one another; just as I have loved you, you also must love one another" (John 13:34)
If we follow these simple rules then we will always do what is right and no other rules are necessary. So why do we need all these other rules?
Well, here's the problem, if we followed God's simple rule about loving him and each other, we wouldn't need any other rules; because we would always do the right thing. All the other complicated (man-made) rules are there because people seem to be incapable of following the simple (God-made) ones.
If the whole World followed the rules set out above, there would be no need for religious laws. Furthermore there would be no need for any civil laws, no need for lawyers, policemen, armies or governments. Sadly this isn't going to happen anytime soon (barring the second coming).
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