Swearing an oath is a religious way of saying, tell the truth and you will swear to do so upon god as your witness. Affirming means , do you swear to tell the truth as you know it. They provided this to people who don't believe in god, or simply don't want to swear upon god.
Of course not. Believing is what you perceive to be in a sense of truth. You can believe God exists without any reprimanding punishment. How could it be false witness? There is nothing false about it. If you believe in God, then to you, He is Truth in all forms.
i solemnly swear to tell the truth and only the truth let god help us
If you're inquiring as to what "oath" means in terms of speaking "under oath," then the following (from wikipedia) is likely an adequate answer: An oath (from Anglo-Saxon āð) is either a promise or a statement of fact calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually a god, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. To swear is to take an oath. Or simply stated, it is a promise to tell the truth.
'God's Word Is Truth!'See related link for information.
We are popularly known as Jehovah's Witnesses. Simply because that is basically what we do, to bear witness about the truth that Jehovah is the Almighty God.
Who can really be trusted in a court of law religous or not. Either way the same rule applies to all whether they believe in a God or not.Answer and ClarificationThe swearing in of a witness in court is for the purpose of prosecution in the event of perjury. An atheist can be sworn in and simply leave off the phrase, "so help me god". The swearing in of a witness or defendant is legally binding and a person who lies after being sworn in faces charges of perjury if it is later determined that they lied under oath.The swearing in of a witness in a court trial does not mean the witness will tell the truth. People who believe in gods lie in court trials after swearing to tell the truth every day.
If God exists and is all-powerful, just as Christians and others believe, then in consequence of this, God is the truth.ANSWERGod is Truth itself and as such he can neither deceive nor be deceived. He is "light, and in him there is no darkness" (1 John 1:5). The eternal Son of God, the incarnation of wisdom, was sent into the world "to bear witness to the Truth" (John 18:37).
God's holy spirit moves the individual's heart to be certain of their calling.
religions have only one thing to do with ghosts you can usually get rid of a ghost by calling upon god.
It depends which country you're in - In america, the clerk quotes the phrase "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God" - to which the person in the witness box responds "I do." In the UK, the person in the witness box is asked their religion, and given an appropriate card to read. For example - if the witness is a Christian - they read out loud from a card "I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."
Probably Not. The Earth will almost certainly be around for as long as God is not calling upon the rapture.