To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Except he is Jewish and no Jew should swear on the Christian bible.
I was raised Lutheran but I have since converted to the Noahide faith and,like the Jews,we share the Hebrew Scriptures.
Any oath I had to take will be on the Hebrew Bible. Doing so is not disrespectful to non-Jewish family members. A Jew can remember their grandparent without taking an oath on a Christian Bible. Doing so is a slap in the face to Torah,G-d Himself and the Jewish people.
No Jew should swear an oath of office on any Bible - Jewish or Christian. It's against Jewish law and considered taking G-d's name in vain. Jews are supposed to affirm, not swear.
It's perfectly legal, and as a notary for years, I often administered affirmations instead of oaths.
13 posted on
06/27/2013 12:46:24 AM PDT by
Maven
To: Maven
No Jew should swear an oath of office on any Bible - Jewish or Christian. It's against Jewish law and considered taking G-d's name in vain. Jews are supposed to affirm, not swear. It's perfectly legal, and as a notary for years, I often administered affirmations instead of oaths. Thanks - I think we've got a thread winner...
21 posted on
06/27/2013 6:08:00 AM PDT by
GOPJ
(... liberal anger - - the privileged wheeze of entitled brats ... Greenfield)
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