I have no idea.
I was thinking about this on the way in to work this morning: if I had to swear an oath, what would I use, given my atheism? To use any kind of scripture would be odd, since to swear to tell the truth on that'd be to give a false impression: I'd perjure myself in the process of promising not to. I love Moby Dick, but I don't think that it adds anything to my testimony.
I could go literal, and hold my balls: "testimony" shares an origin with "testes", in the sense of "Cut these off if I'm lying".
But I came to the conclusion that the fact that I say I'm telling the truth ought to be enough: lying is simply below me. If you don't believe me, then that's your problem.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 10:45,
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Enzyme
You'd be asked in court to make an affirmation, rather than swearing on a relevant holy book.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 11:23,
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