Swearing on the bible isn’t to prevent you from lying, it’s putting the “no more lying from this point onwards” into effect, in other words activating the perjury rule.
They use it in other ceremonies like swearing in the president but they let people use different books for that - maybe they let people use any book for the court too? So even if the bible has no special place in your heart you’ll be vowing before whatever god you follow or whatever book is most beloved to you. Unless you lie about that bit, too 😉
It’s not smart to lie in court. What’s smart is to answer a question in a way we’re you’re not lying but not giving them the info they want, assuming you or a loved one is the one being prosecuted. After all, they’re commonly trying to GET YOU to lie, because they have evidence which would contradict your lie, and this the guilty party becomes more likely to be guilty, in the jury’s eyes.
Swearing on the bible isn’t to prevent you from lying, it’s putting the “no more lying from this point onwards” into effect, in other words activating the perjury rule.
They use it in other ceremonies like swearing in the president but they let people use different books for that - maybe they let people use any book for the court too? So even if the bible has no special place in your heart you’ll be vowing before whatever god you follow or whatever book is most beloved to you. Unless you lie about that bit, too 😉
It’s not smart to lie in court. What’s smart is to answer a question in a way we’re you’re not lying but not giving them the info they want, assuming you or a loved one is the one being prosecuted. After all, they’re commonly trying to GET YOU to lie, because they have evidence which would contradict your lie, and this the guilty party becomes more likely to be guilty, in the jury’s eyes.