I notice you didn't refer to Mohammads treaty with the Qurash at all. As we both know Mohammad signed an agreement with them for the express purpose of decieving them and attacked them the moment they were off guard, breaking his agreement. This established a principal in Islam which is that any agreement between a Moslem and non-Moslem is not binding upon the Moslem. Thus you have been given authority to decieve and lie to non-Moslems to further your cause. Thus swearing upon a Quran in a western courtroom is meaningless and may even imply the likelyhood that the swearer will be more inclined lie if it suits them.

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Let us contrast Gods word in the Bible with Allahs word in the Quran:

Quran 66:1 "Allah has already sanctioned for you the dissolution of your vows."

Num 30:2 "If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth."

Quran 4:142 "Surely the hypocrites strive to deceive Allah. He shall retaliate by deceiving them."

Rev 12:9 "...he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

Bukhari:V7B67N427 "The Prophet said, 'If I take an oath and later find something else better than that, then I do what is better and expiate my oath.'"

Ishaq:365 "Muhammad bin Maslamah said, 'O Messenger, we shall have to tell lies.' ‘Say what you like,' Muhammad replied. ‘You are absolved, free to say whatever you must.'"

BTW, in your post you refer to 'God' where it seems you mean 'Allah' or 'Ar-Rahman' instead.

But for believers having a single eye is the way to go!

In Romans 9 the point being Israel should not complain that God has chosen the gentiles. See Jeremiah 18 where Pauls quote in Romans is drawn from.

The exact same thing - he predetermined they should be damned. Meaning he created them reprobate and witheld any ability to repent.

Yeah, and like people from NYC are really polite, friendly and talkative.