Posted on 10/05/2013 10:29:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Defendants and witnesses in British courts will no longer swear on the Bible to tell the truth under controversial plans being considered by a powerful body of judges.
The traditional religious oath could be scrapped amid concerns that many giving evidence in criminal cases no longer take it seriously. Instead, all witnesses and defendants would promise to tell the truth without mentioning God, and would acknowledge they could be jailed if they are caught lying.
It is claimed the new oath would be fairer for everyone and make it easier to understand the importance of what they are saying. But critics point out non-believers already have the option of promising to tell the truth without any reference to a sacred text, and that the change would further erode Britain’s Christian heritage. …
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Will they use the Satanic Bible or the Quran now?
The judges are lazy ignorant morons. Pigs have more fortitude. They do not bother to realize that the Jude o-Christian system of morality is what keeps our society nailed down. And, it that Christian heritage that put our nation on a course for success that has been the envy of nations around the world.
“all witnesses and defendants would promise to tell the truth without mentioning God, and would acknowledge they could be jailed if they are caught lying.”
So how does removing God make it fairer?
Substituting the fear of men for the fear of God is a very, very bad trade.
Luke chapter 124 “And I say to you...do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!"
There is no fear of God before their eyes.Nothing good will come of this to be sure.
— Psalm 36:1 and Romans 3:18
“No, Your Honor, I do not so swear. I do swear to tell the truth, as much of the truth as the Court, Prosecutor, and Defense allow; and nothing but the truth, so help me God! I refuse to allow myself to be forsworn, as I take my oath very seriously.”
...adding to your posts...
“They strut their evil before you”
They don’t do this for themselves...they do it ‘before us’ and with intent.
OK!...lol...Lets see how that works for ya!...
I know you'll pay attention this time...What did u say again?
“But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your ‘Yes,’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No,’ lest you fall into judgment.” (James 5:12).
We’re not supposed to take any oaths at all.
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.Must be the context of oaths, because they are binding. Certainly God swore oaths by himself (no one greater to swear by), and those oaths did not “come of evil”.
— Deuteronomy 6:13
Oaths of all types are being violated with impunity
Marriage Vows
Hippocratic Oaths
Florence nightingale Oaths
Oaths of Office
Sacraments of Faith
Why is this any different?
To accommodate all religious and nonreligious beliefs, they will start using the Phone Book...........
They are part of Satan's plan - on the flip side, they also fall into God's plan and promise.
“Will they use the Satanic Bible or the Quran now?”
Aren’t they the same?
That’s because there is no penalty for lying. Duh!
Perhaps not in THIS world...
Of course the weirdo in the funny wig up there on the bench has nothing to do with that.
No. One was written by Aleister Crowley, a Satanist with a severe heroin addiction; the other by Mohammed, a peophile who married a bride at 6 and consumated her at 9 then later told his followers to hate non-followers (infidels) and kill them but to first try and overtake their lands by pretending to be friends with (lying to) them then enslaving them if they did not submit to Allah.
On the other hand, the bible was written by many different men / clerics over thousands of years, contains the 10 Comandments which is the basis for laws in many countries, contains many books in the New Testament about the life of Jesus who performed many miracles which inlclude raising the dead, healing the sick / the blind, walking on water, turning water into wine, predicting this future, etc...even prophets predicted his coming long before he was born, contains a very large number of prophecies that have already come true and many which are unfolding even right now as we speak.
Guess which book I think would be best to make an oath on?
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