In Reply to: So, what do you swear on if you're an atheist? posted by blindness on January 02, 2026 at 09:38:28
Nor is "so help me, God" part of the oath. It's just traditional.
John Quincy Adams took the oath with his hand on the U S. Constitution.
Everyone's fine with swearing a Constitutional oath over religious scripture . . . until it's someone else's.
I'm a Christian; I think JQA did the right thing.