For example do you sware to tell the truth the whole truth so help you god
2007-03-08 10:18:15 · 14 answers · asked by ryan_dobson 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Last time I went to court - which was just a few weeks ago - they do not make you swear "to tell the truth the whole truth so help you god".
Like it or not, laws are nothing more than the moral code of the people of a particular area/city/county/state/country. Many base that code upon their personal convictions which very well will reflect the religious values of those within the community.
2007-03-08 10:46:03 · answer #1 · answered by Toe the line 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can it not? For a society to work there needs to be some set of standards that everyone agrees on. Standards, by definition, have to come from a Higher source. If man makes his own standards they will always be subject to change, to the consequence of the weaker of our society, thus not really a standard at all.
The ones that have worked the best are the Judeo-Christian laws. It is not hard to look over different parts of society and note where ingorance of these rules reap great consequences for their citizens. Were these not a part of our society we would still be in the dark ages; villages raiding other villages taking what they want killing who they want, carrying off slaves. Granted, that would be the extreme, but everything lesser than that would be possible as well. And all that is happening even now in other parts of the world that refuse those standards. Pick your worst nightmare. It is a law inspired by Judeo-christian scripture that is keeping that from happening.
As long as it took Christian society to swing things in the right direction (from the Roman 4th century, where Christianity was changed into just a word to rule by, to the civil rights movement in America), most of those things will degrade to meaninglessness if God's Law is removed from our standard of conduct. It is happening now, little by little. Laws just don't seem to mean anything. Irrisponsible actions and choices in life are being paid for by tax dollars instead of them being the embarresment to those persons that it should be. There is a lack of respect and right for life. Laws are being pushed to be able to kill babies as they are being born. A child is a throw away item to these people. Next it will be after they are born or if an elderly family member becomes an inconvenience it will be ok to "end their suffering".
No other set of laws safeguards people and protects their right to persue happiness like those in our constitution (USA) and those were founded on Biblical principals, and those (Old Testament) were given to us to protect us from aspects of life that most of us don't take time to understand....because God cares for us.
And that is why the US Constitution states that they are God given right that can't be taken away. Any other country can take away the rights of their citizens because the citizens are subject to the government not the other way around.
So many people here (in the US) don't appreciate just what they really have ... or how they got it.
2007-03-08 21:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by jb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily, but the court needs to recognize that our rights are inalienable and come from God. Once you define rights as something of a privelidge granted by men that can be taken away, that leads to tyrany, corruption, and a fundamental disrespect for the law. Just look at the Scooter Libby trial!!
2007-03-08 18:37:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a fictional character from the popular novel "The Holy Bible"
Why don't we say "so help you Harry Potter" ?
To me, God related issues are issues of fairy tales and it has no place in the court of law. People have morals with out religion and that is that.
2007-03-08 18:34:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Throwing christianity out of our courts, is like telling a muslim that he or she can't go to mass, so yes i think religion should have anything to do with the court system and people who don't believe in christianity, should just keep their mouth shut
2007-03-08 18:24:59 · answer #5 · answered by Seth R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It has been said we should separate church from state, but in the courts they make you swear on a Bible. They don't want prayer in schools, but when we pledge the allegiance to the flag , which in one part, says " One nation under God " It can get a little confusing!
2007-03-08 18:44:20 · answer #6 · answered by Gerry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to answer the first part of your guestion yes for example the bible says thou shall not kill steal etc, the mainstream of the world would agree with that statment but to say that one should have a cerin faith to be a witness or a jury memeber is asburd faith and religion are two different things religion should have nothing to do with a curt case or lawsuit
2007-03-08 18:26:44 · answer #7 · answered by dan_is_evil 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No way, our courts should be free of religion, when I swear in court, its not to God. I usually ask that that be left out.
2007-03-08 18:25:14 · answer #8 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe our court system should be independent of religion. Court should be about law and justice, that's all.
2007-03-08 18:22:51 · answer #9 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Which religion would hold sway? Heck, within Christianity, which denomination?
See how hard it gets? And how quickly it happens?
2007-03-08 18:45:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋