The word oath is specifically related to swearing to a deity, it isn't tradition, it is the meaning of the word.
If you don't want to swear an oath you can give an affirmation. > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 9:08 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Not all tradition is a good idea > > 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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:227549 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
