"There is no legal requirement to swear an oath to tell the truth upon a 'bible'"
So what does it mean when they ask you "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, SO HELP YOU GOD?"
"The US is emphatically not founded on Christian principles. This is explicitly stated in the Constitution, both in the First Amendment (“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”) and in Article VI, section 3 (“…no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”) In addition, the Treaty of Tripoli, itself a legally binding document, bears these words: “As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion…”
Ummm....last time I checked, it was Christians who came here and declared this land as their own. That makes it based on Christianity since they would have, naturally, based laws and regulations on their own beliefs.
"Actually, since the U.S. is not a 'xtian' country, I'm free to "violate" any concepts of any specious religion should I choose to do so, (insofar as such does not violate secular laws). Not only do I choose to do disregard the specious concepts of xtianity, I vehemently oppose them, (something the U.S. constitution permits)."
Well if it's ok to violate religious concepts, does that mean incest is ok? Would you like it if your dad was coincedently your brother? Incest is based on a religous concept, one that was mandated long before the studies showing genetic malfunctions from it.
"Your baseless opinion that such is a "god-given right" does not confer accuracy on it, (that is, it has no basis other than blind faith; which means it lacks a foundational basis altogether)."
If religion is so blind, then why is it that 3/4 of the world believes in a god? Why is it that we do, contrary to what you think, base our ways of living (laws and what-not), on concepts of religion? It's not a coincidence that we bury the dead in the ground. It has to do with religous beliefs stemming from thousands of years ago that we still implement. Your existence on this earth is a God-given right. Without god, you wouldn't be here. But maybe you don't believe in God? But isn't that blind as well? Can you prove or disprove the existence of God?