re: #171 FemNaziBitch

He says it was an important step because it worked to break the power of the tribe and get people who were not related by blood to submit to a central authority, which in turn helped to establish the “rule of law”.

Yes, and Luther’s notion that all people are equal before God and answer to him directly without intermediates led to the notion that everyone is equal before the law and aswerable only to their own conscience.