Posted on 01/17/2007 2:23:52 AM PST by Man50D
The origin of the word "testify," by the way.
Did a woman just grab the nearest man when testifying?
How many people today, especially criminal types, do you think take an oath as seriously as it was taken when most people truly believed a false oath imperiled their immortal soul?
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