[RedBeaconNY]

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.

[Alouette]

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.

Along with the tradition of swearing on the Bible also came the option of affirming an oath without swearing. There were, and still are, some Christian sects who believe that swearing an oath could be "taking the Lord's name in vain." These people were allowed to take what was then called the "Quaker oath" (when Quakers were still G-D fearing Christians and not the politically-correct leftist saps they are today).