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Swear on the Bible
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FaithLikeARock
Let the human mind loose.
Seeing as one of the Commandments is "Do not use the name of the Lord God in vain", a traditional Christian should say no. I, because I don't believe in literalism, believe sure BUT it's extremely dangerous. If you swear on the Bible as a believing Christian and you do lie on the stand or anywhere where you're bound by that oath, you're pretty much damning yourself. People I've heard say "I swear by my chance of heaven". And sometimes they're serious but I've heard people who are kidding say this and I feel inclined to warn them.
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jayem
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I think a Bible is used more for swearing in an officeholder.
I've testified in court twice as an expert witness. Neither time was a Bible used. The clerk asked me to raise my right hand, and then asked me if I solemnly swear that the testimony I was about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. No "so help me God' and no Bible was produced. But maybe that's just the procedure in my jurisdiction.
I've testified in court twice as an expert witness. Neither time was a Bible used. The clerk asked me to raise my right hand, and then asked me if I solemnly swear that the testimony I was about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. No "so help me God' and no Bible was produced. But maybe that's just the procedure in my jurisdiction.
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I was being prosecuted in court almost 10 years ago, and i cracked up laughing when i gave the oath. The night before i was pretty relaxed about the case, and me and my girlfriend at the time were laughing about whether they'd make me say the oath, and she dared me to add on the "so help me god" bit at the end in an american accent (like you see on american tv shows). I'm not sure why i found that funny, but when it came to the time when i had to read the oath out from a card, i thought my girlfriend who was behind me was giggling and it gave me the giggles too. The whole court room must have thought i was nuts, and my local paper reported it too!! It was pretty embarrassing, and i got a stern telling off. They did ask me me whether i was a christian or words to that affect before i gave the oath, so i just said yes. Just for the record i chickened out of saying "so help me god". I didn't fancy a contempt of court charge on top of the two charges they were trying to prosecute me for. There was a bible though.
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StarCannon
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I just be careful on what I swear to do. *shrug* Oaths are solemn and shouldn't be lightly broken.
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It's not immoral.
Of course, the funny thing is that nobody ever seems to remember that they're under no legal obligation to swear to tell the truth.
If they ask you if you swear to tell the truth, you can always tell them no.
Of course, the funny thing is that nobody ever seems to remember that they're under no legal obligation to swear to tell the truth.
If they ask you if you swear to tell the truth, you can always tell them no.
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Why would it be immoral? Doesn't something have to be ultimately harmful to be immoral? I'm not seeing it.
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godismyabba
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James 5:12 says not to swear by heaven or earth.. let your yes be yes and no be no
I think they should come up with something different (but I don't believe God will send you to hell for this).
I think they should come up with something different (but I don't believe God will send you to hell for this).
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I ask because I seem to remember reading something the bible itself says about swearing:
"But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne, or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King..." Matthew 5:33
But it is very strange that there is some tradition of oath making with the bible in courts. Strange because the only way swearing by the bible has any effectiveness is if you fear God. And if you fear God, wouldn't you be a Christian? And if you are a Christian, wouldn't you at least have read Matthew? And if you have read Matthew, wouldn't you answer 'Yes' or 'No', rather than declare an oath?
It troubles me because it means a whole bunch of people who revere the bible enough to swear by it nevertheless know so little about it that they would swear by it.
Matthew, after all, is not an obscure book.
"But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne, or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King..." Matthew 5:33
But it is very strange that there is some tradition of oath making with the bible in courts. Strange because the only way swearing by the bible has any effectiveness is if you fear God. And if you fear God, wouldn't you be a Christian? And if you are a Christian, wouldn't you at least have read Matthew? And if you have read Matthew, wouldn't you answer 'Yes' or 'No', rather than declare an oath?
It troubles me because it means a whole bunch of people who revere the bible enough to swear by it nevertheless know so little about it that they would swear by it.
Matthew, after all, is not an obscure book.
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