RE: God is the great spirit friend
March 19, 2013 at 11:42 pm
(This post was last modified: March 19, 2013 at 11:47 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Ah, before I forget, and because we often see analogies to courtrooms in these sorts of discusions, I wanted to drop something in to mull over.
The point of a defense or prosecution is to build a compelling case, the accuracy of the statements made in that case is secondary to their persuasiveness. Consider, for example, that if your client admits his guilt to you, or you have very good reason to believe that his guilt is real and culpable - you still have to mount a defense - or refer him/request that he be referred to someone who can/will do so. If the man committed the crime, the defense will not be accurate - but it must be persuasive or it will not be successful (if you don't make the attempt you have violated the mans right to a trial by a jury of his peers and adequate legal counsel - if the client wishes to plead not guilty you cannot, as his attorney, enter a plea of guilty or nolo on his behalf). Similarly, if you are prosecuting someone it will be of very little use to mount a prosecution which is factually accurate but utterly lacking in persuasiveness. Perhaps, if you wanted to make some observation of the accuracy of a god claim, you should avoid invoking the spectre of courts. What goes on in, or is admissible/inadmissible in a courtroom is probably a great indicator of what we find persuasive, but it is not a reliable indicator of what is accurate.
The point of a defense or prosecution is to build a compelling case, the accuracy of the statements made in that case is secondary to their persuasiveness. Consider, for example, that if your client admits his guilt to you, or you have very good reason to believe that his guilt is real and culpable - you still have to mount a defense - or refer him/request that he be referred to someone who can/will do so. If the man committed the crime, the defense will not be accurate - but it must be persuasive or it will not be successful (if you don't make the attempt you have violated the mans right to a trial by a jury of his peers and adequate legal counsel - if the client wishes to plead not guilty you cannot, as his attorney, enter a plea of guilty or nolo on his behalf). Similarly, if you are prosecuting someone it will be of very little use to mount a prosecution which is factually accurate but utterly lacking in persuasiveness. Perhaps, if you wanted to make some observation of the accuracy of a god claim, you should avoid invoking the spectre of courts. What goes on in, or is admissible/inadmissible in a courtroom is probably a great indicator of what we find persuasive, but it is not a reliable indicator of what is accurate.
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