Does your religion forbid the taking of oaths?
By urbandekay
@urbandekay (18278)
September 13, 2012 3:44pm CST
Christians are forbidden from taking oaths, what of those of other religions
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3 responses
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
13 Sep 12
I think that you are misinformed. There are some Christians who understand the Bible to forbid the taking of any oath but I think they have not read correctly, as explained here: http://vftonline.org/TestOath/06bible.htm
Taking the Lord's name in vain is very different from making a solemn oath in the Lord's name.
The Society of Friends (Quakers) do not believe in taking/swearing oaths in court (or elsewhere). Instead they will 'solemnly affirm' and that action is generally permitted (in British courts, at least).
@urbandekay (18278)
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13 Sep 12
No. it is they that are mistaken, their understanding is poor and their reasoning worse and they fail to take Matthew 5 properly into account
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. kjv
Taking an oath implies a double truth standard in your speech, which is why Jesus cautions us to let yea be yea and nay be nay
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@urbandekay (18278)
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13 Sep 12
Since only Jesus is free of sin, only he is in perfect communion with God, therefore his words take precedence over all scripture both prior and later to his own
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@JohnRok1 (2051)
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14 Sep 12
Urban, aren't you taking those verses out of the context of the verse that immediately precedes them? This verse refers to the kind of oath that binds you to perform something afterwards, , i.e., an oath accompanying a vow, and the Lord's words refer, therefore, to that kind of oath. They do not refer to an oath taken to affirm the integrity of testimony in court, though strictly speaking, to truly meet the requirements of the New Testament, the oath should be taken after the testimony has been given, not before. Also, our Lord's words could be taken to mean "Do not swear at all, unless you are actually meaning to swear by God Himself"
@Naseem00 (1996)
• Pakistan
14 Sep 12
Not a verse from Quran rather a Hadith..
Nafi’ related from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, met ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab while he was proceeding with a group of riders and he was swearing by his father. He said, ‘Allah forbids you from swearing by your fathers. If someone swears, should swear by Allah or be silent.” (Sahih Bukhari – 6270)
@urbandekay (18278)
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14 Sep 12
Many Christians take oaths but Jesus commands against it. Matthew 5
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