In British courts [I have NO idea about anywhere else, so I dunno if it applies to you or not] you have to swear on the Holy Bible, that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Do you think this is right?
I mean, if you're Christian fair enough..but I think you should be allowed to choose to swear upon whatever YOU find important..be it your mother life..your old Thomas the Tank Engine toys..whatever.
I always thought that too, you do in American Courts as well. What if you're not Christian? Then it means nothing to you, absolutely nothing. If I was a different faith, I would feel no obligation to tell the truth to something I don't believe in, but I'd tell the truth because Im not a liar. To alot of people it's just a book, and they'de be just as happy swearing on a copy of harry potter, It's one of those "traditions" the country has that is pretty meaningless.
In British courts [I have NO idea about anywhere else, so I dunno if it applies to you or not] you have to swear on the Holy Bible, that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Do you think this is right?
I mean, if you're Christian fair enough..but I think you should be allowed to choose to swear upon whatever YOU find important..be it your mother life..your old Thomas the Tank Engine toys..whatever.
I'm sure I've heard somewhere that you don't have to swear on the bible if you're not Christian. I might be wrong though...
You're probably right lolz
I don't know much about the law..just whenever I see crime dramas or stuff on the news or whatever they always seem to swear on the Bible so....
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I always thought that too, you do in American Courts as well. What if you're not Christian? Then it means nothing to you, absolutely nothing. If I was a different faith, I would feel no obligation to tell the truth to something I don't believe in, but I'd tell the truth because Im not a liar. To alot of people it's just a book, and they'de be just as happy swearing on a copy of harry potter, It's one of those "traditions" the country has that is pretty meaningless.
Actually it would mean more to swear on a Harry Potter book to me than the Bible ..
I think its stupid...i do go to a christian school so i hope they don't kill me, if the government is trying to take away christianity or religious practices in school, why do they have it in court its retarded those hypochrites (sp)
I always thought that too, you do in American Courts as well. What if you're not Christian? Then it means nothing to you, absolutely nothing. If I was a different faith, I would feel no obligation to tell the truth to something I don't believe in, but I'd tell the truth because Im not a liar. To alot of people it's just a book, and they'de be just as happy swearing on a copy of harry potter, It's one of those "traditions" the country has that is pretty meaningless.
Actually it would mean more to swear on a Harry Potter book to me than the Bible ..
I always thought that too, you do in American Courts as well. What if you're not Christian? Then it means nothing to you, absolutely nothing. If I was a different faith, I would feel no obligation to tell the truth to something I don't believe in, but I'd tell the truth because Im not a liar. To alot of people it's just a book, and they'de be just as happy swearing on a copy of harry potter, It's one of those "traditions" the country has that is pretty meaningless.
Actually it would mean more to swear on a Harry Potter book to me than the Bible ..
If you're a Christian, fine, do it. If you're not, then tell them you're not comfortable swearing on the Bible. Just don't do it. I don't see why there's a big fuss about it, either do it or don't.