Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 13 hours agoHow come in movies tv shows books etc at court they make it seem like swearing on the bible prevents you from lieing? If my family or I was in danger I would lie my ass off to get out of it..message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down14
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareHow come in movies tv shows books etc at court they make it seem like swearing on the bible prevents you from lieing? If my family or I was in danger I would lie my ass off to get out of it..Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 13 hours agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareCameronDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·13 hours agoIt doesn’t, and people do lie in court. It’s a relic of a time when people supposedly were afraid of going to hell.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·13 hours agoYes I’ve experienced cops lying in court numerous times along with prosecutors just blatantly making things up. Perjury may be a crime but its rarely enforced especially not against agents of the state.
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·12 hours ago were afraid of going to hell. Today’s techno-industrial marvels now make it possible to make hell on earth. Climate change is but one small facet of the terraforming project.
minus-squareCameronDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·12 hours agoHell may be a step up, certainly sounds a bit better organised…
It doesn’t, and people do lie in court. It’s a relic of a time when people supposedly were afraid of going to hell.
Yes I’ve experienced cops lying in court numerous times along with prosecutors just blatantly making things up. Perjury may be a crime but its rarely enforced especially not against agents of the state.
Today’s techno-industrial marvels now make it possible to make hell on earth. Climate change is but one small facet of the terraforming project.
Hell may be a step up, certainly sounds a bit better organised…