Most states have done away with that silly ritual of swearing on the Bible. In Virginia we merely swear to the “tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” Sometimes I see the words “so help me God,” but not that often. You may of course affirm to tell the truth and many people do that. Your confusion is apparently genuine but not particularly interesting since Court’s rule every day on matters of religious freedom and on the separation of Church & State and no one thinks that is odd. Judge’s are also State or Federal employees but they rule against the government all the time. That doesn’t confuse many people either since most folks realize Judges are duty bound to follow the law even if that conflicts with the interpretation of the government or certain persons’ interpretation of the will of the Creator of the Universe. If you want divine justice you may have to wait for an audience with Him to get it. Here on Earth you take man’s justice with all its good and bad.

I got nasty comments about my blog, mixing God and law. Yet, when I had to give testimony, I was asked to swear before God. Yeah…get that? The courts in America see God as the highest authority by which we can take an oath. Then they trash their own authority by ruling against the Ten Commandments in their courts.

Either judges and lawyers are very confused, or they are very good liars and actors. They swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth “so help me God” …then they fight over the Ten Commandments in the public square.

And people think pro se litigants shouldn’t be in court without a lawyer? Goodness! The courts are more mixed up than we are. They should at least make a decision to either accept God as the highest form of authority, or else ditch Him all together. You know? Perhaps America’s judicial system will stop confusing us. Then, we’ll know where we stand on God and law issues.

If the Ten Commandments aren’t allowed in the public square, then why are we swearing under the authority of God before we give testimony?

From Mel Brooks’ “History of the World, part 1″

What is a monument of the Ten Commandments doing in a city park in the first place? Same with the Supreme Court frieze. I don’t know the proper judicial protocol and I can see judges and justices not being too fond of being asked questions, but I applaud the litigant who challenged them. The request to install the aphorisms should be seen as an equal to the installation of the Ten Commandments monument. Namely, neither should be permitted.