Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
Aug 6th 2005 | 1:01 am
#16
Sursum corda
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From: Richmond Hill, GA USA
Re: Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
Now that I could get into. Like those drunken Greeks in restaurants when they appreciate the music...........oh never mind, that's another story.
I can see it all now- Zorba and company performing the Hassapikos and shouting Opa!
Aug 6th 2005 | 1:05 am
#17
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Posts: 79,390
From: East Seaxe
Re: Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
Originally Posted by cindyabs
I can see it all now- Zorba and company performing the Hassapikos and shouting Opa!
Actually it was in a restaurant in Barnes (?
). I seem to remember that standing on the tables was involved, and there was a lot of broken crockery which the waiters swept up with big brooms from time to time.
Aug 6th 2005 | 1:37 am
#18
Re vera, potas bene.
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 2,405
From: Cape Cod MA..Davenport FL
Re: Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
What does this mean to you? This came up in a Greensboro, NC, courtoom and is now being debated.
See-
http://www.nbc17.com/news/4771968/de...s=tri&psp=news
Does this mean solely the Bible? Can Holy Scripture include other Holy books from other faiths?
NC Penguin
See-
http://www.nbc17.com/news/4771968/de...s=tri&psp=news
Does this mean solely the Bible? Can Holy Scripture include other Holy books from other faiths?
NC Penguin
Aug 6th 2005 | 1:47 am
#19
The Unmod
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 8,870
From: Glen Mills, PA
Re: Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
I didn't realise that not everyone knew that all unbelievers must carry a relict of an ancestor, upon which, to swear their oaths.
Aug 6th 2005 | 2:03 am
#20
Account Closed
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Re: Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
Originally Posted by Ray
But if your chinese (I think) you say an oath and then you have to smash a saucer ...I saw it happen in a London Court ...weird...
South African downs his pint, smashes his glass in the Fireplace.
Barman says, Why did you do that?
South African replies - Glass's are so cheap in South Africa you never have to drink out of the same one twice.
Australian downs his pint, smashes his glass in the Fireplace.
Barman says, Why did you do that?
Australian replies - We have so much sand for making glass's in Australia you never have to drink out of the same one twice.
English man downs his pint, takes out a gun and shoots the Australian and South African.
Barman says, Why did you do that?
Well we have so many f***ing Australians and South Africans in London, you never have to drink with the same ones twice.
Aug 6th 2005 | 6:16 am
#21
BE Site Lead
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From: MA, USA
Re: Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
Originally Posted by ukemigrant
Hmmm, what could atheists use? Hawking's A Brief History of Time? Monty Python's The Meaning of Life? Douglas Adam's Life, the Universe and Everything?, Darwin's Origin of the Species? Einstein's E=mc^2?
Aug 6th 2005 | 6:22 am
#22
Lapine Member
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From: Austin, Texas in my own little world
Re: Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
Originally Posted by Bob
over their mothers grave?
Aug 6th 2005 | 12:09 pm
#23
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From: MA, USA
Re: Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
Originally Posted by snowbunny
What if they were being tried for killing their mother?
Aug 6th 2005 | 12:51 pm
#24
You Are All Diseased
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 4,511
From: Farnham, UK
Re: Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
Originally Posted by ukemigrant
Hmmm, what could atheists use? Hawking's A Brief History of Time? Monty Python's The Meaning of Life? Douglas Adam's Life, the Universe and Everything?, Darwin's Origin of the Species? Einstein's E=mc^2?
Aug 6th 2005 | 4:09 pm
#25
Powder Maggot
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Posts: 4,452
From: Nuevo Mexico
Re: Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
Bah! Who needs 'holy scripture'? Swearing on penalty of perjury seems good enough for most purposes. Keeps it close to home...
Aug 7th 2005 | 4:05 am
#26
Re vera, potas bene.
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From: Cape Cod MA..Davenport FL
Re: Swearing on the "Holy Scripture"?
Originally Posted by paddingtongreen
I didn't realise that not everyone knew that all unbelievers must carry a relict of an ancestor, upon which, to swear their oaths.
