Abraham was the friend of God, and just one of many biblical examples.
Some people tend to exclaim "I Swear!" to add veracity to their testimony, but such a habit becomes nothing more than vain words. So Jesus tells us that we should mean what we say hand have a reputation of honesty rather than try to bolster it with oaths. This doesn't mean that we cannot make marriage vows, promise tell the truth or promise to uphold the Constitution. Read the whole bible and it will interpret itself. Elsewhere Jesus tells us that we will give account of idle words, so yes, we should consider our words and mean what we say.
I was taught growing up to "say what you mean and mean what you say". I have taught that to my children. It makes you really put thought into your words BEFORE you open your mouth, otherwise, there will be a lot of back pedaling and your point will be lost in all the explanations of what you really meant.
Marriage was given by Moses, and I think it was Peter that said it would be better not to marry after the teachings of Christ Jesus. Revelations takes it a step further in it's teaching of the 144,000 that were not defiled by woman. God knew what he was doing and man continually tried to one up him. Moses' laws baffle me anyway, why are we listening to the guy that wasn't allowed into the promised land?
To take an Oath to the constitution as it is currently held is to take an oath against the constitution that was intended. It's a fucking mess for sure.
Either way I am going to side with the words of Christ not to swear, that I might not end up promising to fulfill something that might go against my beliefs. You are free to do as you do as well. I see taking an oath as going against the teachings of The Father and I am pretty sure he doesn't like that. I trust that the Son knows better than the friend.
No oath of office, no oath of service, no oath of marriage? Oaths are important, with the caveat that the Still Small Voice has ultimate authority over your oath.
Why make a big ceremony over something that you either are or are not going to do? To garner trust from those that you make the oath in front of? If you cannot know what tomorrow will bring why promise yourself to it? Oath just means there is legal recourse if you do not live up to expectations. Granted, that can be all kinds of fun to watch it doesn't actually do anything but make it illegal for you to go against your word. Some instance, like marriage, have been given stipulations that allow one to exit if one or both have mislead the other but I fail to see how it needs to be a legal obligation requiring intervention. All an oath serves is the lawyers that will try your case if you are ever found to have broken the oath, willfully or otherwise.
Meanwhile, an oath to uphold the constitution stands as it is currently written... Citizens are classified as corporations and corporations are classified as people. That isn't constitutional in anyway shape or form, but go against the oath to defend that very clause and you will be facing legal repercussion.
Makes one feel special to make a promise though, I guess. I love to get myself into situations where I have no idea what is actually going on or what I have sworn to defend.
We are not to swear!
And Abraham said, I will swear. Gen 21:24
And Abraham isn't my God.
https://www.daily-prayers.org/jesus-life-stories-2/jesus-on-swearing-2/
Don't!
Abraham was the friend of God, and just one of many biblical examples. Some people tend to exclaim "I Swear!" to add veracity to their testimony, but such a habit becomes nothing more than vain words. So Jesus tells us that we should mean what we say hand have a reputation of honesty rather than try to bolster it with oaths. This doesn't mean that we cannot make marriage vows, promise tell the truth or promise to uphold the Constitution. Read the whole bible and it will interpret itself. Elsewhere Jesus tells us that we will give account of idle words, so yes, we should consider our words and mean what we say.
I was taught growing up to "say what you mean and mean what you say". I have taught that to my children. It makes you really put thought into your words BEFORE you open your mouth, otherwise, there will be a lot of back pedaling and your point will be lost in all the explanations of what you really meant.
Marriage was given by Moses, and I think it was Peter that said it would be better not to marry after the teachings of Christ Jesus. Revelations takes it a step further in it's teaching of the 144,000 that were not defiled by woman. God knew what he was doing and man continually tried to one up him. Moses' laws baffle me anyway, why are we listening to the guy that wasn't allowed into the promised land?
To take an Oath to the constitution as it is currently held is to take an oath against the constitution that was intended. It's a fucking mess for sure.
Either way I am going to side with the words of Christ not to swear, that I might not end up promising to fulfill something that might go against my beliefs. You are free to do as you do as well. I see taking an oath as going against the teachings of The Father and I am pretty sure he doesn't like that. I trust that the Son knows better than the friend.
No oath of office, no oath of service, no oath of marriage? Oaths are important, with the caveat that the Still Small Voice has ultimate authority over your oath.
Why make a big ceremony over something that you either are or are not going to do? To garner trust from those that you make the oath in front of? If you cannot know what tomorrow will bring why promise yourself to it? Oath just means there is legal recourse if you do not live up to expectations. Granted, that can be all kinds of fun to watch it doesn't actually do anything but make it illegal for you to go against your word. Some instance, like marriage, have been given stipulations that allow one to exit if one or both have mislead the other but I fail to see how it needs to be a legal obligation requiring intervention. All an oath serves is the lawyers that will try your case if you are ever found to have broken the oath, willfully or otherwise.
Meanwhile, an oath to uphold the constitution stands as it is currently written... Citizens are classified as corporations and corporations are classified as people. That isn't constitutional in anyway shape or form, but go against the oath to defend that very clause and you will be facing legal repercussion.
Makes one feel special to make a promise though, I guess. I love to get myself into situations where I have no idea what is actually going on or what I have sworn to defend.