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oraxx's avatar

Never in my seventy-five years have I seen a single example of religion making a person honest. They are either honest or they are not, and I've known religious people I would never trust.

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I was once called on to be a witness in a low-stakes non-criminal trial. I approached the clerk of court (who was to do the swearing in) and said (quietly, so only the 2 of us could hear) "I don't do oaths." She gave a brief nod and used the words "solemnly affirm" rather than "solemnly swear" and said nothing about God. The jury was none the wiser that I'd done anything unusual and had simply followed the procedure as instructed.

Of course, this was in Madison, Wisconsin, home to the Freedom From Religion Foundation (whose national HQ was about 4 blocks away from the courthouse), so I'm not suggesting that the same tactic would've worked anywhere else, but it might be worth a shot.

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