Through the years I have on several occasions been required to give court testimony. I have noted with dismay how the “swearing in” has on some occasions recently omitted God altogether, or on others have been so perfunctory and sing-song as to have had less gravity than reciting a nursery rhyme. Of this, Leviticus 19:12: “And you shall not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.”
I am a member of a medical group that employs a defense attorney for physicians caught up in cases of alleged regulatory misdeeds. It has been breathtaking to read and hear court testimony which is not only false but was suborned by the government, all with impunity, even though the judge has on one occasion said of the key witnesses that her key testimony was “false to a dramatic degree.” Nothing happens and the case rolls along as if lying were normal and acceptable. Even if the court takes your oath lightly, Christian, you may not do so. You have affixed the name of God to what you say.
Excerpt from "Names"
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