I think Vienna's point was a very good one. Is a person going to be more honest because he uses those four words, or any less honest because he doesn't?
On the other hand Jesus himself enjoins us to not take oaths at all.
"But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil."
Matthew 5:34-37
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