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Actually religious types (of the general American Catholic/Protestant type) should be opposed to oaths. One of the multitudinous commands of Christianity that is often ignored is the prohibition against taking oaths [goreadthebible.com]. People aren't much willing to actually listen to Jesus while swearing on His book, I suppose. In case there was any confusion when He said it, the brother of Jesus repeated it [goreadthebible.com].
In fact, I believe the option of affir
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Comments are off in your next journal entry, so I'll have to comment here.
Actually religious types (of the general American Catholic/Protestant type) should be opposed to oaths. One of the multitudinous commands of Christianity that is often ignored is the prohibition against taking oaths [goreadthebible.com]. People aren't much willing to actually listen to Jesus while swearing on His book, I suppose. In case there was any confusion when He said it, the brother of Jesus repeated it [goreadthebible.com].
In fact, I believe the option of affir
J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers