Several presidents probably were not christian - I don't think that the first Adams was sworn into office with a bible. Jefferson or Washington, I forget which, was sworn into office with a law book. Look at how many were Deists or unaffiliated.
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 2:00 PM, William Bowen <william.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jesus, I guess Christianity really is in danger of being expunged from > America... I mean only 44 of our last 44 Presidents have been > Christian... > > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:45 AM, zaphod <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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:360910 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
