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England to drop swearing on bible in court.

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England to drop swearing on bible in court.
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RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court.
October 20, 2013 at 4:01 am
I may be in the minority here, but I find the whole exercise of taking an oath to be pretty pointless. The only good reason I can see to include the oath is that it serves as a verbal contract. The only good reason I see for having someone make an oath on the Bible - or their religion's holy book - is because he'd be less likely to break the contract in that case. This, ofcourse, worked better when almost everyone was religious - not so much today.

If an atheist wants to lie on the stand, then he'd do that - doesn't matter if he swore on the bible or the Harry Potter. If he doesn't then again - the bible is irrelevant.
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RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by Tiberius - October 19, 2013 at 12:25 pm
RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by StuW - October 19, 2013 at 12:31 pm
RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by DLJ - October 19, 2013 at 12:36 pm
RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by Thor - October 19, 2013 at 1:43 pm
RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by genkaus - October 20, 2013 at 4:01 am
RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by Cato - October 20, 2013 at 9:59 am

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