Just wanted to elaborate a little more on the origin of the word testify.It is from a show I saw on PBS on the Geek history and the birth of Democracies.To the best of my memory it was about 500 BC and the meaning to testify originated from the Democratic cult and the questioning of the courts at that time.The whitness would have to clutch the bloody testicals of a sacrificed beast befor their testimony.I guess that would teach a person from lieing their balls off! do you think???