I'm not a liar but if your asked to tell nothing but the truth so help you God your free to lie. Cause theres no God judging you. We all know right from wrong don't need a book or a fairy tell God telling us!!!

I live in the South. Believe it or not, some courts still do require raising your left hand and right hand on the bible. Barbaric, I know.

I find it interesting alone that the assumption that someone who believes in the Bible is naturally going to lie with out swearing.
But i would expect that anyone who talks to invisible people on a regular basis may need a reminder to be honest in the real world

Affirmation is as binding in court as swearing is in court. In both cases. it's the judge who can hold a witness in contempt or even find a witness has committed perjury. What concerns me are those atheists who swear on the Bible anyway because they haven't come out as atheists yet or are too intimidated by the system to be completely honest before affirming to tell the truth.