The oath is binding no matter what their hands are doing when they make it. The book is a stupid tradition that is obviously misunderstood and should be done away with.
The oath is binding because that is the law. Having your fingers crossed or putting your hand on a religious text while saying the oath doesn't have ANY affect on it's validity. On 2/8/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Constitution requires oath or affirmation, asking somebody to swear > on something they don't believe in doesn't provide for anything from a > moral standpoint. Only a legal one, and any requirement that somebody > give an oath on something they don't recognize may not hold up. > > -- She's a PhD in "I told you so" You've a knighthood in "I'm not listening" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227524 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
