The first snippet is quite absurd. Historically, laws are based on religious believes, or at least sacred texts. The inherent difficulty of our modern society

The first snippet is quite absurd. Historically, laws are based on religious believes, or at least sacred texts. The inherent difficulty of our modern society is to find new basis for grounding our laws on. But science is irrelevant in that matter. Which is why we see a resurgence of religious believes nowadays.