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Interesting, but very frustrating to read: > Oaths! How do they Work? A paragraph later: > “wait, how do oaths work?” and “how are they getting it wrong?” To
by lqet 7y ago
Interesting, but very frustrating to read:
> Oaths! How do they Work?
A paragraph later:
> “wait, how do oaths work?” and “how are they getting it wrong?” Today, we’re going to lay that out.
Then, after 6 paragraphs:
> So what is an Oath?
Then, after 14 paragraphs and around 3 full pages of text:
> Which brings us to the question how does an oath work?
Then, 3 paragraphs later:
> So what is an oath?
And then finally a definition. TLDR:
1) Oath contains declaration, which may be either something about the present or past or a promise for the future.
2) Powers greater than oneself are witnesses and will enforce the penalty if the oath is false.
3) A curse, by the swearers, called down on themselves, should they be false.
Which is kind of an anti-climax, because this is exactly how I thought everyone understands oaths.
- jmcqk6 7y agoThis is your complaint from a blog titled "A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry"? Seems like you're describing exactly what they claim to deliver.
- baud147258 7y agoMaybe it's coming from the author being a teacher, he's used to repeat things multiple times. Personally it didn't bother me.