bible. koran or bhagavad-gita ? at the judgement day

bhaktachris · October 30, 2003

Hare Krsna,

I had a strange thought thread the other day(no surpise) and was thinking about court and how one puts his right hand on the bible in america and "swears in". If one is a follower of Krsna or Mohamad and is in court do they use or can they use the proper book?

Haridham · October 30, 2003

Thats an interesting question Prabhu ji.

I was told by a friend once who went to court and when he was swearing his hand on the bible one of the lawyers objected or something and said that this man is a "hindu" how do we know he will tell the truth by putting his hand on the bible.

The judge didnt care for what the lawyer had to say but my friend just said, now I am paraphrasing ofcourse "God is in the bible as well as my scripture. You call him something else and I call him something else. He is both of our father and I respect the bible equally as my scripture and I will tell the truth"

So to me its no big deal but I think I will ask if I ever end up in court for something.