In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom.

Indeed, the existence of class, of social hierarchy, is as old as man himself. It prevails in the jungle where strength determines hierarchy; among men, it has also been savagely the same, whereby rulers vested with power through personal combat, or through lineal heritage as in the case of royalty, ravage their subjects.

Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined by birth.

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