oaths
by god you will swear your oath on the holy bible! regardless of your religion. i think the bible is full of filthy lies and hate-mongering guilded as truths. well, not really. but let's adopt that position for the sake of discourse. of what value is my oath sworn on this toilet paper? none. or less. the idea is to swear your oath on an ideal. if i believe the ideal is treacherous then you can reasonably expect my service or testimony to be corrupt.