Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harariby Parker on TwosSince all social orders and hierarchies are imagined, they are all fragile, and the larger the society, the more fragile it is. Religions assert that our laws are not the result of human caprice, but are ordained by an absolute and supreme authority. This helps place at least some fundamental laws beyond cahllenge, thereby ensuring social stabilityReligion is a system of human norms and values that is founded on a belief in a superhuman order