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They call people
  evil names.
And they refuse to believe
  that people can change.
For they know
  no compelling reason
  for doing what’s right
  even in the first place.

Did you see the accused
  commit the sin?
Then what right do you have
  to inflict punishment?
How can you know
  that they truly did it?
And what evidence
  should you consider
  as sufficient?

If physical evidence
  of the crime exists
that proves that the accused
  committed the sin,
then this does prove
  that the accused did it,
and what he has
  done unto others
  should be done unto him.
But if the evidence
  could easily be fabricated,
or if the test of the proof
  is not conclusive,
then there is room
  for serious questions,
and the accused person
  should not be condemned
  by ignorant men.

Or if a second person
  should come in
  after being held in sequester
  until then,
and if he should testify
  to the same things
  as the first witness
without simply responding
  to leading questions,
then this would confirm
  the accusations
since the second
  could not know
  the same as the first
unless of course
  he witnessed it.

But how can you know
  if the charges are true
if only the words of one
  person
  are offered as proof?
Can you read people’s minds
  when they testify
that you can know for sure
  if they are telling a lie?
Then how can you know
  the truth from a lie
if only one person testifies?

Are you yourself a liar
  that you are able to recognize
how someone responds
  when he is telling a lie?
Or do you intimately associate
  with others who lie
that you know
  by their response
  if what they say is right?                         See Deuteronomy 19:15
                                                               U.S. Constitution, Article 3, Section 3
Then what kind of response
  proves that they lie?
Or what kind of response
  proves they are right?
State for the record
  once for all time
how a credible response
  is defined.
Do they laugh, do they cry
when they speak the truth
  or tell a lie?
Perhaps you can tell
  if they are confident.
Or perhaps you can tell
  if they are hesitant.
Or perhaps you can tell
  if they’re telling a lie
if they shrug their shoulders
  or blink an eye.

How do you know
  there are not other reasons
  for the way they behave
as they testify and
  make their claims?
Or how do you know
  they’re not purposely
  acting that way
in order to make you
  believe what they say?
How can you know
  that the lying response
  of one person
would be the same kind of
  response
  as a different person?
Or how can you know
  that the response they give
  to one question
would be the same kind of
  response
  from a different question?

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