[Androcles]

Storm in a teacup. Allow all religious books or none. If a scientologist wants to swear on'Battlefield Earth' that's fine to me. People who are going to lie will do so whether they have a bible or a menu in their hands.

[napscoordinator]

That is true. To me as long as they tell the truth that is most important. This all seems a bit ridiculous, but I guess this is the direction our country is going.

[Man50D]

Storm in a teacup. Allow all religious books or none. If a scientologist wants to swear on'Battlefield Earth' that's fine to me. People who are going to lie will do so whether they have a bible or a menu in their hands.

You're missing the point. This goes beyond the simple right to take oath with a particular book. The tenet of Islam is to subjugate, convert or destroy all those who are not Muslim. They seek world domination just as the Nazis. Americans ignored this fact while the Nazi's rose to power and the result was mass murder and WWII. The same will happen if we keep burying our heads in the sand. Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it.

[YCTHouston]

As a devout Scientologist, I am offended by your comments. "Battlefield Earth" is not our most sacred book, it is our third. I can't tell you what the most sacred is until you reach Level 5.

[proudofthesouth]

So true!

[mewzilla]

What happens when someone uses the "it's okay to lie under Islam" defense against a perjury charge?

If someone's going to swear on a Koran, maybe we should have an additional oath to go with it.

[WashingtonSource]

Would you allow Adolf Hitler to swear on Mein Kampf before he testifies?

[Moonman62]

Storm in a teacup. Allow all religious books or none. If a scientologist wants to swear on'Battlefield Earth' that's fine to me. People who are going to lie will do so whether they have a bible or a menu in their hands.

In ancient Rome one had to grab their testicles when swearing an oath.

[dakine]

True....I'll 'swear' on The Daily Racing Form...what difference does it make...

[ishabibble]

>>>Storm in a teacup.<<<

This is one tiny little thread. Also today here on FR, we have all sorts of news of 40 Muslims outraged because of a missed flight, Muslims in Toronto schools urging the school boards to teach about Israeli oppression of the Palis, of course! the burqini threads, fighting in Iraq, the French got caught trying to do some deal with Tehran, etc. It will continue all day. Take all the threads and all the Muslims and they will weave them into a full blown global war. This woman in the article who wants the Koran in an American court is a warrior for jihad, the "Wear 'em Down Brigade".

It is certainly not a storm in a teacup. That thinking is what has allowed the Muslims to get as far as they have already.