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Posted by KnowHim (Member # 1) on :

Mat 5:33 "Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.'
Mat 5:34 But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
Mat 5:35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
Mat 5:36 And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
Mat 5:37 Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.

What Christ here forbids is the flippant, profane, or careless use of oaths in everyday speech. In that culture, such oaths were often used to deceive. Some Jews would deceive their victims by swearing by "heaven," "earth," "Jerusalem," or their own "heads" (Mat_5:34-36), not by God, hoping to avoid divine judgment for their lie.
But since God had created all these, oaths by them still drew God in and produced guilt before Him, exactly as if the oath were made in His name. Jesus suggests that all our speech should be as if we were under an oath to tell the truth (Mat_5:37). by John MacArthur

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Posted by WildB (Member # 2917) on :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz7QwOAf4Ww&feature=relmfu

According to Muhammad, anyone who swears by something other than Allah is guilty of "shirk" (the unforgivable sin). Yet Allah swears by the sun, the moon, the stars, and literally everything else in the universe. Hence, Allah is guilty of shirk.