Is religion the most basic codification of natural law?

[Fragony]

Krook, Maybe I have made a poor choice of words, I should have said social law, the tie that binds, the most basic laws that allows us to live together without cracking eachothers skull. Every civilization has them, but it's interesting how these basic rules are basicaly outsourced to something higher. It seems like human being understand they need rules that are 'above' them, and that religion covers the most basic ones until the system evolves into the actual codification of law of day to day reality, that is what I meant with 'natural'.

edit, codification is really way of as well, that would mean putting it down. Should have been 'Is religion the most basic understanding of social law'