I can't stop laughing at the stupidity of this guy. His mind is blown a bible is not required by law.
I can't stop laughing at the stupidity of this guy. His mind is blown a bible is not required by law.
Hail Eris!I'm getting sworn in on the Principia, motherfuckers.....and I hate math!
'What is an oath, then, but words we say to God?"
I don't understand the concept of taking an oath without some kind of witness, historically a divine one. The entire idea is that you will break it on peril of your soul, that you will be held accountable by an authority higher than man's.
Apparently honesty and integrity aren't either.If you can break free of the religious bubble for a just a bit, you'll see that the deity is not a requirement for an oath.
If you can break free of the religious bubble for a just a bit, you'll see that the deity is not a requirement for an oath.
yes, like i said, in the religious bubble its tough.It's hard to conceive of an oath, at least one that means anything, outside of an appeal to a higher power to hold you to your word.
yes, like i said, in the religious bubble its tough.
It's hard to conceive of an oath, at least one that means anything, outside of an appeal to a higher power to hold you to your word.
Well what does an oath mean outside of it?
a commitment to honor your words and expressed intentions with integrity. someone who needs a divine babysitter to do this with threats of enternal damnation are not people who are trusthworthy to begin with.Well what does an oath mean outside of it?
Well what does an oath mean outside of it?
Well what does an oath mean outside of it?
It means the same because it means nothing. How many people have lied under oath? And did God somehow punish them because they said so help me god?
if you dont fear earthly justice, then lying under oath was unnecessary.So if people can lie under oath, and get away with it, of what purpose is the oath?
That's exactly the point. You take an oath not because you fear earthly justice, but divine justice.
So if people can lie under oath, and get away with it, of what purpose is the oath?
That's exactly the point. You take an oath not because you fear earthly justice, but divine justice.
A promise where you use a revered object, person or idea as a witness in addition to regular witnesses.
Unless I'm misunderstanding US law, how can there be any question that a Bible (or by extension, an appeal to a 'higher power') is unnecessary when your own constitution specifically states that there is no religious requirement to hold office?
So if people can lie under oath, and get away with it, of what purpose is the oath?
That's exactly the point. You take an oath not because you fear earthly justice, but divine justice.
It's hard to conceive of an oath, at least one that means anything, outside of an appeal to a higher power to hold you to your word.
So after you slithered away your live running foul over everyone you then die and you going to get punished in the afterlife? What exactly happens, god forces you to watch ellen 24/7?
Well what does an oath mean outside of it?
Right, that's why the law has perjury charges to punish those who don't keep their words. And why the law has power to enforce contracts.
Hey, I've seen a lot of people who get up on an altar before an invisible man in the sky and they swear oaths until death do them part. And yet 50% of them wind up not keeping their words. The higher power seems pretty powerless to hold them to it.
Law of man 1 - Laws of god 0
So if people can lie under oath, and get away with it, of what purpose is the oath?
That's exactly the point. You take an oath not because you fear earthly justice, but divine justice.
Read Dante's Inferno, or just a summary of it, and find out.
Cool. So as I don't believe in a higher power I'm free to break any oath I want?It's hard to conceive of an oath, at least one that means anything, outside of an appeal to a higher power to hold you to your word.