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  by UrMessage

  Created on: May 31, 2007   Last Updated: April 30, 2009

  Debate Title: Should the Bible continue to be used for swearing-in ceremonies and in courtrooms?

  
  
  
  

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  by Roxanne Dubarry

  Created on: December 27, 2007

  Our founding fathers used the Bible to write The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of

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  by Carrington M. Nye

  Created on: March 05, 2008

  The Holy Bible is our [America's] most treasured Holy Christian possession. We look upon it with reverence;

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  by R Shimoda

  Created on: October 01, 2009

  The answer to this is a resounding "Yes!" Now why should this custom be perpetuated? If you think about

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  by Katherine Johnson

  Created on: September 09, 2007   Last Updated: June 18, 2010

  The swearing in process usually asks the person, "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and

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  by Michael Greaney

  Created on: August 13, 2008

  The last time I testified in court, I was asked to swear an oath to tell the truth, the whole truth,

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  by Isaac Madengu Mangatu

  Created on: November 26, 2008

  From the foundation of time, when our fore-fathers began swearing in ceremonies, the bible was used

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  by Emma Burlington

  Created on: July 30, 2008

  YES. This country was founded on the Christian beliefs and it has served us well so far. THIS Country

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  by Jay O'Toole

  Created on: July 26, 2011

  The Bible is the world's only document that claims, with credibility, to be Absolute Truth.  (Genesis

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  by Ben Sissom

  Created on: December 06, 2007   Last Updated: January 19, 2009

  The bible is a sacred piece of history in its own right, but also with our history in the United States.

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  by Diane Stacey

  Created on: July 21, 2007

  The court's swearing-in procedure is a ceremony representing honesty. Ceremonies traditionally involve

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  by Art F. Moran

  Created on: May 22, 2009   Last Updated: May 24, 2009

  Ultimately, there may be no greater controversy in and throughout the history of mankind itself,

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  by Stacie Jackson

  Created on: September 02, 2009   Last Updated: September 08, 2009

  Here in America we are free; free with life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We have the freedom

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  by BC Newell

  Created on: May 31, 2007

  The answer to this question should be a resounding "Yes!" However, I agree that God and religion should

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  by Linda Burleson

  Created on: July 09, 2008

  Though some today deny it, this country was founded on Christian principals. In recent polls, upward

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  by Bert Meinders

  Created on: June 29, 2009

  This is a difficult and often contentious question, one which many people will find impossible to answer

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  by Jimmy Nelson

  Created on: September 28, 2010

  Using the Bible for swearing-in ceremonies and in courtrooms is, in my opinion, the only reliable tool

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  by Carol Gustke

  Created on: June 30, 2007   Last Updated: March 22, 2009

  Am I alone in this or can anyone else see what is going on our society? Questions like, "Should the

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  by John Devera

  Created on: February 09, 2008

  In the United States, the Bible has been used in swearing-in ceremonies and in courtrooms as the traditional

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  by Gary Maclean

  Created on: May 21, 2008   Last Updated: February 14, 2012

  There is so much debate and controversy surrounding religion, the Bible, God and everything he stands