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Though oaths are indeed religious in origin, the Constitution makes clear that the oath can be replaced with an "Affirmation," which substitutes the religious language the "I swear" and "So help me God" with a secular affirmation for example: "I affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth".

Though religious diversity among elected officials has highlighted the tradition in recent years, there are many historical examples of the Bible being absent from swearing-in ceremonies. When President William McKinley was assassinated in , Vice President Theodore Roosevelt took his oath of office without any oath-object whatsoever, as no Bible could be quickly found.

A total of women were sworn in to the th Congress as part of the most diverse class ever. Can Christmas' pagan roots explain its increasing secularization today? The Speaker of the House has withdrawn her invitation for the president to give the State of the Union address later this month.

What if he tries to give one anyway? In living through the euro's teething troubles, it's worth remembering the adolescence of the American dollar. However, unlike Western civil courts, the oath is traditionally given after testimony is given. Incidentally, this traditional oath appeared in the recent Golden Globe-winning Iranian film A Separation , which I highly recommend. The U. Martijn Coppoolse , Sandeep Prasanna , Benoit, and 1 other are discussing. Toggle Comments.

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As a nonbeliever, I feel it is far more meaningful to affirm than to swear to an entity in which I do not believe. Actually, I was not really clear in my quick translation and explanation of the French sence of Justice. I do think there is a huge separation between Justice and Religion in France. I guess the Revolution and, maybe deeper with the secular laws under the 3rd republic , the religion was put out of the State and the Justice.

I guess in the case of the Law Court; witnesses take oath in front of this principle.

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This topic made me eager to look a little bit deeper in the way France has dvp a very strict seperation between religious principles and Justice. Wow Benoit, thanks so much for taking the time to write such a detailed response.


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Last year, when watching a remembrance service in the UK, it suddenly struck me that there were both military and clerical officers present. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. The Diacritics thoughts on words. So I guess this doesn't mean I want God to help me tell the truth, but:"unless I speak the truth, may God not help me from now on" or something like that.

It's not actually split into two sentences the way you have presented it, which may make it more understandable. The question is "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

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Harry Batt Senior Member Minneapolis. Those words are an oath which has an historical meaning. That meaning is out-of-date. It has been retained becaue it is traditional. Akasaka said:.

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I suppose the idea is that humans, being imperfect, are not capable of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth; but they may be capable of doing their best and asking God to help them do their best. The question is an invitation for the witness to make a promise along the following lines: 'I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and I pray that God helps me to do so'.

Ecossaise Senior Member English. Harry Batt said:. I'm very confused This contradicts my post entirely, but that's not the issue I'd really like to know if what mplsray and teddy said is true. I do agree with Ecossaise. I believe the meaning is "May God help me if I don't tell the truth" i. I think it refers to the earthly punishments that will be suffered if you lie in a court - the threat of prosecution for perjury is far more tangible than the threat of fire and brimstone.

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I agree with what has been said before. So here, refers to telling the truth In help you God , God is the subject. In contemporary English, help you God would be let God help you. If one were planning on not telling the truth, one would be offending God through the sin of swearing a false oath; one would not ask for help from God on the occasion of giving God deliberate offense!

As noted by some above, the phrase indeed means "may God help you to tell the truth" -- that is, "may God give you the memory, the clarity of expression, and the honesty to be able to tell not just bits and pieces of the story, or a misleading partial account of the facts, but the full truth about the matter of which you will be speaking. There have been many tries over the years to get "so help me God" out of the court systems in the USA. It fails at the doctrine of Separation of Church and State. Trisia said:.