ouizy
Rock n' Roll Doggie
...thought of this the other day:
In a court of law in the US, you put your left hand on a bible and put your right hand in the air and swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Here is my problem with this - it is primitive.
What if you do not believe in God? What if you are of ANY other religion other than a judeo-christian religion? What if the bible is simply a book of stories passed on from generation to generation (to someone).
If perjury is based on swearing on a bible, I do not believe in perjury.
I understand in having to swear to something, but I think the Bible should be taken out of the picture.
This obviously came about after I thought about and agreed with the "pledge of allegiance" being ruled unconstitutional.
Now, I am not some crazy left-winger, but I beleive fully in the seperation of church and state. I do not think anything of law should be based on anything to do with God.
(this of course if the bible is even still used to be "sworn in")
In a court of law in the US, you put your left hand on a bible and put your right hand in the air and swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Here is my problem with this - it is primitive.
What if you do not believe in God? What if you are of ANY other religion other than a judeo-christian religion? What if the bible is simply a book of stories passed on from generation to generation (to someone).
If perjury is based on swearing on a bible, I do not believe in perjury.
I understand in having to swear to something, but I think the Bible should be taken out of the picture.
This obviously came about after I thought about and agreed with the "pledge of allegiance" being ruled unconstitutional.
Now, I am not some crazy left-winger, but I beleive fully in the seperation of church and state. I do not think anything of law should be based on anything to do with God.
(this of course if the bible is even still used to be "sworn in")