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by Xamonas Chegwé » Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:03 am
JimC wrote:Xamonas Chegwé wrote:I am going to remember that one if I am ever called to testify in court...
But if asked to defend your bible-based argument against taking an oath strapped to a lie detector, the damn thing would explode!
I don't believe in lie-detectors.
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by JimC » Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:05 am
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:JimC wrote:Xamonas Chegwé wrote:I am going to remember that one if I am ever called to testify in court...
But if asked to defend your bible-based argument against taking an oath strapped to a lie detector, the damn thing would explode!
I don't believe in lie-detectors.
But they believe in you...
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by klr » Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:16 pm
"In God we trust, all others we polygraph"
God has no place within these walls, just like facts have no place within organized religion. - Superintendent Chalmers
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by jaydot » Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:52 pm
someone is taking the piss and trying to wind people up. there is already an option to affirm, rather than swear on any myth book.
open source the world.
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by JimC » Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:16 pm
jaydot wrote:someone is taking the piss and trying to wind people up. there is already an option to affirm, rather than swear on any myth book.
As I understood the OP, they were discussing the possibility of removing the God or bible reference completely, rather than, as you correctly point out, allowing an optional affirm...
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by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:33 pm
Make them 'testify' in the alleged original sense of the word.
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by surreptitious57 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:02 am
It has now been decided that swearing on the Bible will not cease but carry on as before. There already exists an affirmation for the non religious and it has been so for a significant period of time. Though one magistrate did suggest that it had to stay because religious freedoms were being seriously compromised. Which is complete nonsense. We as a democracy allow freedom of expression and one way that manifests itself is through freedom of religion. And we are one of the most liberal nations on Earth in relation to this. So I wish sometimes that Christians would realise this. No one here gets persecuted for following any of the majors so a bit less melodrama from them would be appreciated. I would defend to the death their right to believe as long as it did not impinge upon the freedom of others. So I hope they stop playing the martyr card now
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by mistermack » Mon Oct 21, 2013 3:55 pm
Bring it up to date, into the modern world :
'' Yeh, mon, like, I swear, innit, I mean, iss true, on my muvver's life, I ent shittin you, man.
Innit. ''
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