If you had to swear on a book...

[Little Big John]

…say as function of attaining public office or as a precursor to testifying in court, and you were given free choice of whatever Holy/ethical book you swore such oaths on, what would you choose figbooty?

I'd have to toss up between Hesse's Siddhartha and de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince.

 

[The_Reaper]

If you're not religious then swearing on a book is a completely useless exercise and you should just swear on your own word/honour/country etc.

The whole point of swearing on a bible is that for a Christian that is a major oath because a Christian will believe that God will know if he/she is lying.

 

[GWBogan]

 

[Richard Pryor]

Cash by Johnny Cash

 

[sherb]

The answer is obvious, it's just a matter of choosing the year.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Sworn on the Bible many times. I don't think it matters if you don't actually believe in it, so long as you are happy to accept it as the symbol of the integrity of the court.

Or if you don't want to do that, you can do a non-book oath instead which I have also done.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

This wouldn't be a bad book to swear by...

 

[raskolnikov]

Refer to username.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Refer to username.

It's just the way I roll

 

[raskolnikov]

It's just the way I roll

Lol. I was referring to my username as the book I would swear on.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Lol. I was referring to my username as the book I would swear on.

!!!!!! That was a piss-funny mistake to make. Just read the Wiki entry for Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov; "Raskolnikov fluctuates between extremes of altruism and apathy."

Sounds like me sometimes.

 

[Chief]

If I was lying I'd swear on the bible. If I was being truthful I would swear on my own word.

 

[Admiral Byng]

There was a great Wizard of Id cartoon of a guy swearing upon Webster's Dictionary. The oath read something like: " Do you swear to articulate in proper linguistical syntax, jargon and grammatical parlance, any and all fabrication of the facts"

 

[Galactus_]

The Bible. Anyone who doesn't should not be allowed into office.

 

[Cooldude]

Marvel Comics

 

[Little Big John]

The Bible. Anyone who doesn't should not be allowed into office.

So secularism? Take it you're not a fan?

 

[Power Raid]

This wouldn't be a bad book to swear by...

any particular page number?

 

[Pie eyed]

…say as function of attaining public office or as a precursor to testifying in court, and you were given free choice of whatever Holy/ethical book you swore such oaths on, what would you choose figbooty?

I'd have to toss up between Hesse's Siddhartha and de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince.

"Kill for Collingwood" , though I really fail to see what swearing on any book accomplishes.
It is a totally meaningless tradition, fabricated to give the Bible false authority by association.
No less idiotic than swearing to tell the truth?
Truth is totally subjective.

 

[SwampCreature]

Footrot Flats 18

 

[SwampCreature]

Wait, no... 19.

 

[Lebbo73]

Footrot Flats 18

Wait, no... 19.

Nearly as intelligent as your posts in the ABC Dapto Dogs thread!

 

[SwampCreature]

Something tells me literature is really your thing, Lebbo73.

 

[SwampCreature]

I should clarify, thay thing is that you are stupid. Far too stupid to appreciate good literature.

 

[SwampCreature]

And nothing says good literature like semi-obscure 80s/90s rural-themed Kiwi comic books.

 

[Sydney Bloods]

i would do what i've always done, roll my eyes and repeat the words i have to, to get beyond this ridiculous outdated ceremonial bullshit. A person's "word" means shit nowadays and likely always has. If you think a person swearing upon any book religious or not puts pressure on them to tell the truth you're an idiot.

I mean really? in every case every person testifying at least one person is lying
at every formal swearing into office someone recites a pledge then breaks it 48 hours later.

Oaths are simply state sanctioned rituals, they have no meaning, give a bible a koran, a copy of the constitution, run spot run. It's all the same, i'll recite your nonsense and get on with doing what i'm there to do. If i'm on trial it means following my legal councils instructions, if i'm giving evidence it's answering the questions as we've gone over them with the prosecution, If i'm on a jury it's to listen both sides of an argument and come to a decision based on the instructions the judge has given when it comes to arriving at a judgement. If it's being sworn into office it's simply to get the last formality out of the way so i can get on with the job.

although i always chuckle when people swear on the bible, Clearly they haven't read the bible which states unequivocally "But I say to you, make no oath at all"