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>>20746995
The judge and cop brightened visibly, and broke out into a laugh. "I can't wait to meet him!" the judge chimed.
"Me either!" the cop trilled. He turned to Raymond. "We can stop this now. Come with me."
They started to leave the courtroom; Raymond's face was pure confusion. "So that's it?"
"Well, sure," the judge explained. "Everyone hated the President. We're just as glad he's dead as everyone else!"
"Yeah!" the cop gushed. "The assassin is likely to become our new national hero! Maybe even President!"
Raymond stopped walking and stared incredulously. "But *I'm* the assassin!"
The judge beheld him dubiously. "You are?"
"Yes!" Raymond asserted.
The cop pointed uncertainly at the bureaucrat. "But we just got a confession."
"He's lying!" Raymond maintained.
The judge looked thoughtful. "You're sure about this?"
"Yes!" Raymond declared.
The cop and judge exchanged uneasy glances, then shook their heads sadly. "I'm sorry, sir," the judge related, "but you just lied to us, three times. Perjury is a felony; you're looking at a thirty-year sentence."
"He also said he was innocent," the cop pointed out.
"Indeed," the judge concurred. "Forty year sentence, minimum."
"We were going to apologize to you and let you go," the cop sympathized, "but now we have to take you back to jail to await another trial." He looked Raymond squarely in the eye. "Perjury is a *very* serious crime."
Raymond began shaking in terror. "This *can't* be happening!" he whined.
The judge and bureaucrat walked away as the cop led Raymond back to his cell. "I'm sorry, sir," the judge revealed, "but you should have told the truth when you had the chance."

>>20308347
Yes, personhood and Godhood are confusing...if you're locked into a Christian mindset.
There are other viewpoints that explain it all, but they can't be used to con people into being your slaves and giving you money.
So they're not popular with the domineering types.

>>20178442
Reading about Scientology is fine.
They actually have a lot of useful data.
But the organization black-pilled on government/media decades ago, making them hard to deal with.

>>13518569

Hey /lit/ recommend me a popular recent book about a protagonist with a moral that goes bad as the story progresses

Examples of protagonists:
Walter White
Rick from The Walking Dead
Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul
Sinichi from Parasyte