https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-34.htm — if oaths are a no-no (I have never sworn one), how come Gen Flynn was encouraging people to swear one? How come courts get people to swear an oath on the Bible, when it specifically says not to do this?
My sense is that any oath divides your loyalty to the holy spirit, since it is to a corruptible temporal institution or individual. My childhood in the JWs makes me allergic to surrendering myself to any collective and trusting its stated purpose is honest.
Matthew 5:34 But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne;
But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne;
https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-34.htm
Although I'm in some agreement with you, the "oath" of General Flynn is what's called the "Pledge of Allegiance"... The quote from Mat. 5 is about something else, first is about Israel and second the swear (or oath) to either God or the Temple or both which is always wrong... You can't pick one verse from Scripture and put it against something not related...
I'm not an American, but can't see what's wrong with this...👇
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
