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England to drop swearing on bible in court.
October 19, 2013 at 6:41 am
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/..._hp_ref=uk
Quote:Queries have been raised over whether the Bible is a necessity when asking people to being honest in court.
Magistrates are to debate whether to do away with the swearing of oaths on the Bible and other holy books in courts in England and Wales.
The move would see the end of the familiar sentence: "I swear by Almighty God, to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."
Instead there would be a statement in which people would promise "very sincerely" to tell the truth.
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RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court.
October 19, 2013 at 6:50 am
To drop and querying aren't the same thing. Though they may be starting to appreciate that not everyone in the UK is Christian.
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RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court.
October 19, 2013 at 6:53 am
About time! Superstitious belief systems have no place in public life!
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RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court.
October 19, 2013 at 7:16 am
(October 19, 2013 at 6:50 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: To drop and querying aren't the same thing. Though they may be starting to appreciate that not everyone in the UK is Christian.
In fact just over 59% of people in the Uk self identify as christian.
A huge drop since 2001 when it was 71%
12% in 10 years is a massive change.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in...ed_Kingdom
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RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court.
October 19, 2013 at 12:25 pm
I should point out that the Bible is completely optional already. Secular oaths exist in the system for anyone who wishes to use them.
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RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court.
October 19, 2013 at 1:43 pm
The problem with "an option" is that if someone declines to swear on a Babble, someone on the jury could then be prejudiced against that person for doing so. Do away with it altogether! Why should anyone be taking an oath in a secular courtroom while swearing on a religious text?
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RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court.
October 19, 2013 at 3:31 pm
I had to swear on the dam thing in the coroners court about my sweet Sam. Nevr mind that the wole point was to deccide what to put on the death certfacte. Its the only bit of the while thing to make me feel even close to lauighing.
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