Originally Posted by Frownland

Legislation moderates behaviour, that's very good of you to notice. However, the laws still reflect the value of the country that they are enforced in. You can have a belief that, say, throwing kids off of the bridge is your best and most effective way to worship god. You're still allowed to believe that and it can be the very definition of your existence, but if you throw a kid off of a bridge then you will be tried by the law, which reflects the ideology that throwing kids off of bridges is unacceptable in any circumstance. So you're right, Mr. Literal. Unfortunately you missed or ignored my real point.

Having to spell things like this out for you was the main inspiration for my reiteration comment.