If someone is an Athiest why would they tell the truth in court when they put the hand on the bible and say "I will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help your god?"
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Honeybunch:
b didn't Christ say "let your 'yea' stand for 'yea', 'nay' for 'nay'"?
Um...most atheists are honest. Just because a fundy can put his hand on the bible, lie through his teeth, and keep a straight face, doesn't mean others are that immoral. Matter of fact, an atheist doesn't need to swear on the bible to tell the truth, they do it just because it's the right thing to do.
Good question. Fortunately we can simply swear to the truth of our testimony without all the other theatrics. Not very fundie, really.
Incidentally, Nixon swore on *two* Bibles at his inauguration, which obviously made him an honest man.
Before you sit on the stand, you have the choice of what to swear on, if anything at all, and the court has to oblige within reason.
Aboriginals have eagle feathers, Muslims have the Koran, Jews have the Torah, and atheists simply raise their right hand and swear they will tell the truth.
You don't have to put your hand on a Bible. You just kinda wave it away, or you tell someone beforehand, or you point to the bit of non-Christian religious jewelry that you pretty much always wear (like my pentacle) and give a meaningful look. My brohter and I both had opportunities to find this out firsthand.
"so help your god?"
Nice try, idiot. It's "so help me God". The court and jury would catch that one fast.
And you're right, the Bible means nothing to Atheists, so stop insisting on it's dominance withing a system that doesn't recognize it.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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