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If I’m not swearing on The Hitchhiker’s Guide I’m not bound by man or god.

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You can use anything you want. I don’t think the courts can literally refuse it as long as it’s reasonable.

Although the only time I ever had to do it they didn’t have a Bible they just had a person swear me in. But that was just as a witness so maybe that was the reason.

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If it isn’t the original Gutenberg bible I refuse to swear.

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3 points

In the original Hebrew or it doesn’t count

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5 points

Is the guide reasonable?

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Depending on what country, probably. Someone has sworn an oath on a river before.

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3 points

Amen

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It’s certainly a much better story than the sky cake

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John Quincy Adams used a book of law to swear in as president.

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The Constitution says “swear or affirm”, not just “swear”. That clause accommodates Quakers and Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Am I doing it wrong if I wipe with the same hand that I use for legal things

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As long as you wash it after touching the book.

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2 points

Well fuck…when you put it like that.

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4 points

Some shit whip with both hands

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That must be intense

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Ah yes, the Chimpambidextrous Fling.

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