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To: Jay777

I think swearing oaths on a Bible or any religious text should be abolished. Maybe many years ago when most people were actually G-D fearing their oath would mean something.

I think a witness or any deponent should be made to state a disclaimer in which they are made to understand that perjury is a crime for which they can be prosecuted.


23 posted on 07/15/2005 5:13:12 PM PDT by Alouette (Just when I think liberals can't get any more stupid, I'm wrong.)
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To: Alouette
I must disagree with you concerning swearing on the Bible. I feel that it is an important part of our national heritage, and should be treated as such. America was founded as a predominantly God-fearing Christian society. We swear on the Bible because it is one thing that most people at least have some respect for. Who are we to break that tradition of swearing on our most important religious text? What good will come of such an act as abolishing the practice of taking an oath on the Bible? The answer: Nothing. What will we lose? We draw ever nearer to the description of the last days found in 2 Timothy 3:1-5... 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, , blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Now, that description is just a little bit scary. Notice the bolded phrases. Doesn't our repealing the necessity to swear on the Bible bring us closer to that? Doesn't it cast us as too proud to rely on God? Smarter, more powerful, highminded perhaps? I don't want to be charged with that, now or ever.

31 posted on 07/15/2005 5:37:07 PM PDT by RedBeaconNY (A dyed in the wool conservative since the ripe age of 12.)
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