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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis
I imagine that if one looked into such nonsense, the rationale would be not so much that atheists are morally or mentally deranged but that in denying a Supreme Being, they lack the capacity to take the necessary oaths.
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I think the rationale is generally that if you don't believe a God is looking over your shoulder, waiting to punish you for lying despite the oath, then what reason does the court have to believe you're telling the truth.
Essentially a variation on how can you be a moral person without god?