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From: slg@ukma.UUCP (Sean Gilley)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Swearing in court; The word God and non-believers
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Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 15:03:53 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  7 15:03:53 1985
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>> I will not swear an oath in any court room that I will tell
>> the truth.
>
>Why not? If you don't believe in god, what difference can it make?

If I don't believe in God, then to swear "...so help me God." or
even "...one nation, under God..."  seems hypocritical.  I won't
put my honor (I don't like that word) on the line when I am saying
something I don't believe.  It's a matter of personal choice and
freedom.  By saying these things, it looks like I believe them when
in actuality, I don't.

						Sean.

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