You can use anything you want. I don't think the courts can literally refuse it as long as it's reasonable.
Although the only time I ever had to do it they didn't have a Bible they just had a person swear me in. But that was just as a witness so maybe that was the reason.
17 Comments
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 1y
If I’m not swearing on The Hitchhiker’s Guide I’m not bound by man or god.
echodot@feddit.uk · 16 pts · 1y
You can use anything you want. I don't think the courts can literally refuse it as long as it's reasonable.
Although the only time I ever had to do it they didn't have a Bible they just had a person swear me in. But that was just as a witness so maybe that was the reason.
BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world · 8 pts · 1y
If it isn't the original Gutenberg bible I refuse to swear.
echodot@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
In the original Hebrew or it doesn't count
can@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Is the guide reasonable?
crazybrain@lemmy.spacestation14.com · 7 pts · 1y
Depending on what country, probably. Someone has sworn an oath on a river before.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I swear on the Nile that I'm not in denial!
Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y
Amen
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
It’s certainly a much better story than the sky cake
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1y
John Quincy Adams used a book of law to swear in as president.
mkwt@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
The Constitution says "swear or affirm", not just "swear". That clause accommodates Quakers and Jehovah's Witnesses.
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 1y
Am I doing it wrong if I wipe with the same hand that I use for legal things
MajorSauce@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 1y
As long as you wash it after touching the book.
robocall@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Some shit whip with both hands
MajorSauce@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
That must be intense
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Ah yes, the Chimpambidextrous Fling.
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Well fuck....when you put it like that.