[Praxeologue]

And it has nothing to do with religion

Religious beliefs produce a social order, which results in laws. Among many of those laws are those that, for example, protect private property, which are, of course, entirely consistent with the everything that preceded them.

[TopQuark]

. Among many of those laws are those that, for example, protect private property, This was a prt, if I remember correctly, of the Hammurabi Code as well, which has nothing to do with Christianity.

Oh, I see where our divergence odccured: you said "our" religious beliefs, and I took it as written to mean Christianity or Judaism. You probably meant "one's beliefs" in general, in which case I am fully with you. Sorry.