and actually, I was referring to the 3 as relevant, the rest of the commands are not relevant to our government regardless of whether there is a law relating to them or not.
On Feb 12, 2013, at 12:44 PM, zaphod <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Relevant, but still not the basis for our laws. At least not 70% of the > commands. > > As for the issue with the jury, it's all just a game of chess. It's anything > you can do to win your case. You play to whatever jury you get. If that > means you have to swear to a bible because that's what's expected, I think > you're going to do it. I would be curious as to how many jurors, who would > be suspicious of someone who doesn't swear on the bible, have actually read > the bible. > > > On Feb 12, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> "not irrellevant" >> >> That's all we need. >> >> >> "Swearing on the bible isn't required. Not all of our President's have >> done it. The biggest reason for swearing on it for a jury is to keep of >> modicum of trust with the jury." >> >> And I say keeping trust with the jury and the people of the nation is >> pretty important. That those people and jury must hold high regard for the >> document being used, making in very relevant. >> >> >> J >> >> - >> >> Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. >> - Henry Kissinger >> >> Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, >> go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360900 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm