Why isn't Religious conjuring accepted in criminal court?

[OddBeMe]

Its accepted for making money, healthcare, or anything else. Yet blaming it for criminal acts isn't?

[Anonymous]

Feeling bored so you felt like smearing organized religion a bit, eh? Fucking atheists. All you do is piss and moan about religion converting people by trying to—wait for it—convert people.

Real fucking enlightened. Don’t be in that club—those guys are dogmatic and accept things on faith—not like us free thinkers... who are also dogmatic and accept things on faith. 🙄

[OddBeMe]

Why is faith so fcking fragile, snowflake?

[AngryCarl]

Good question! It's because lying in court is called perjury, which is a criminal offence. If you're not in court you can lie your head off, just ask Mr. Giuliani.

[OddBeMe]

There have been people who tried to blame god for their crimes. Its easily fought because… evidence

[slatyb]

"It's accepted for making money, ..." By whom?

Reports like the headline you linked "Cold case..." are not true. There has never been a verified report of a cold criminal case being solved by paranormal investigation.

[OddBeMe]

Mmm, the huge churches making millions?

[slatyb]

They aren't "making" anything -- they sell a story to the credulous.

[Stoner710]

That is a good question actually I’m not sure maybe because there is a separation between church and state but in a sense one could use the idea of demons to say I was possessed therefore I did this crime. But I honestly have no idea

[slatyb]

You could use that, but it's not a defense. You could plead 'not guilty by reason of insanity', but if you are considered a danger to others, you will stlll be confined.

[msc545]

@slatyb a person could also please not guilty by reason of stupidity I guess.

[slatyb]

@msc545 That would be due to a lack of competence to stand trial. Someone incompetent to stand trail would also tend to be incompetent to live independently.

[msc545]

@slatyb Not necessarily although I could see how you might think so. An inability to assist counsel or a complete lack of knowledge regarding court functioning would be enough generally for a finding of incompetence to stand trial, but sometimes not enough to impair living independently. I do these kinds of evaluations.

[slatyb]

@msc545 No argument, I am not a lawyer or an expert in such matters. It's not hard to imagine such a situation.

[msc545]

@slatyb Actually, you are right about this about 95% of the time, but I just wanted to point out that there are occasional exceptions. Thanks!

[jshm2]

Because there is no such practice of "religious conjuring"

Explain what it is, instead of making shit up.

[OddBeMe]

Praying

[msc545]

This is just BS - no credibility.