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To: mimaw
What makes you think swearing on the Bible keeps a liar from lying.

Right - and actually, why do people submit to swearing on the Bible anyway? Jesus taught not to swear on anything holy but to let " your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil" (Matthew 5:33-37)

I have often wondered what I would do if I had to testify in court and was told to swear on the Bible.

36 posted on 05/25/2007 8:03:17 PM PDT by maine-iac7 ( "...but you can't fool all of the people all the time." LINCOLN)
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To: maine-iac7

I’ve heard of cases (second hand) of people with strong Christian beliefs being allowed to simply make a statement that what they say is true, based on that verse.


51 posted on 05/27/2007 6:45:35 AM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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