Jury Duty
Like a new guy in a block, I'm just wondering why standard letter with invitation for Jury Duty does not have excuse due to religion rules?
As we all know, US is a Christian country and one of the commandment is especially about any judgment. Practically, government enforces its Christian citizens (I think, not only Christians but people with other religion's views too, because judgment is a common sin not only for Christians) to make the sin without any excuses.
What do you think about?
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Jury Duty
Like a the new guy in a on the block, I'm just wondering why standard letter with invitation a summons for Jury Duty does not have allow an exemption excuse due to religion rules?
As we all know,The US is a Christian country and one of the commandments is especially about not making any judgment. Practically, all government enforces the law on its Christian citizens (I think, not only Christians but people with other religious views too, because judgment is a common sin not only for Christians) to make the sin without any excuses.
What do you think about?
I am having trouble with the last sentence. Maybe it is not what you want to say.
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I think that Margot left a very good explanation of the difference between "judging people" (you know, my neighbor is a slob; he never mows his lawn and he's always drinking beer) and judging someone, based on evidence, in a court of law (the evidence showed that Mr. Smith didn't stop at the traffic light and caused an accident).
It would be wrong for a Christian to "judge" Mr. Smith (calling him a careless slob, for example), but it's okay to determine that Mr. Smith did wrong: he didn't stop at the light and caused an accident.
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As we all know, the US is a Christian country and one of the commandments is especially about not passing any judgment. Practically, the government forces its Christian citizens to commit the sin of judging (I think, not only Christians but people with other religion's views too, because judgment is a common sin not only for Christians).
What do you think about it?
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Although the US is a predominantly Christian country, the Constitution has a clear separation of State and religion. This is why there are no holy wars fought in the name of religion in her history, even among the Christian sects.
Therefore, when it comes to non-religious affairs, religion cannot interfere or intervene. Imagine a theocratic country...
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Hi, great point!
I think the difference between "judging people" and participating in the justice system is significant. When you judge someone, you are making assumptions about their character and changing your behavior towards them based on these assumptions. A juror's sole responsibility is to determine if the evidence presented is enough to prove a person is guilty of the crime. In fact, your personal assumptions about their character are not allowed to impact your decision! Your decision is to be impacted only by the facts presented by each side.
As a side note, you still have to report for jury duty, even if it is against your religion, but you can get out of serving on a jury if you bring this point up to the judge of the individual case, I believe.
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