2006-07-06 10:30:03 · 15 answers · asked by poppysgirl 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
cause the 10 commandments are too heavy for the officer to hold
2006-07-06 10:33:54 · answer #1 · answered by michelle112785 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where I live, in KY, the court rooms have the 10 Commandments but we do not swear on the Bible in the court room.
The one's that made the media did it Purposely trying to bring religion into the gov't, which is against the Constitution. But all of the court houses here that were built with the 10 Commandments into the main court room, still have them there.
2006-07-06 14:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not everyone does. It is now optional because not everyone is a christian nor believes in a deity and therefore should not have to swear on something they do not deem to be nothing more than a book. Those who do not wish to swear on a bible do not have to. Some courts do not even make anyone swear on a bible.
2006-07-06 12:12:54 · answer #3 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do not have to swear on a Bible in the courtroom in most jurisdictions, that is only on TV and in movies.
2006-07-06 10:41:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're is a definate loophole in court. If a satanist is on trial for murder: Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth SO HELP YOU GOD? Yes*haha* I SWEAR TO GOD!
2006-07-06 10:37:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You no longer have to swear on a Bible in the courtroom.
2006-07-06 10:34:25 · answer #6 · answered by grammartroll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in fact, I'm pretty sure in that very bible that we swear upon, it says "don't swear an oath" (or something to that effect.) "let your word be good enough."
So obviously the people asking us to swear on the bible have not actually read it....
2006-07-06 10:38:25 · answer #7 · answered by eternity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last time I was in a courtroom, there was no bible. I don't believe there has been for some time.
<----secure enough in my christian faith to not feel threatened by lack of a bible in the courtroom.
2006-07-06 10:35:04 · answer #8 · answered by Bruin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There a bunch of hipacrites
2006-07-06 10:35:00 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask the judge.
2006-07-06 10:32:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋