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Legal Inquiry: Atheists and Affirmations (Not Oaths)
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RE: Legal Inquiry: Atheists and Affirmations (Not Oaths)
August 13, 2017 at 12:35 pm
(August 11, 2017 at 2:51 pm)Secular Elf Wrote: The only problem I have is this one line: "I swear the above statement is true, so help me God."
I feel ignored and betrayed.  What can I do about it?  I thought about writing an addendum asserting my rights as an American citizen with no religion.  Would that do any good?
Does anyone have any advice?

No big deal..Smile
That word "God" doesn't say which god, so it could equally mean any god (Hindu, Muslim, Japanese, Jewish, Christian, Red Indian, Aborigine, Jungle Tribes. Pagan, Mother Earth etc), so in a sense the line simply means something like-"I swear by what I believe in" .
Even if you're an atheist it's still no big deal because it could mean "I swear by this great universe all around us"..Smile
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RE: Legal Inquiry: Atheists and Affirmations (Not Oaths) - by Dropship - August 13, 2017 at 12:35 pm

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