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Originally Posted by SRoper  Let's raise the stakes a bit. What if the Nazis that are going door to door ask you to take an oath in God's name that you are not hiding Jews. Refusal to take the oath gets your house searched.
If you say it's OK to lie but not OK to lie while taking an oath, how do you reconcile this with Christ's teaching of let your yes be yes and your no be no? |
I definitely don't think we should ever swear to other gods which would violate the first commandment, so no. I wouldn't swear to the Nazis' god.