God believers, Should a murder investigator rely on "faith" or evidence when seeking the true suspect?

Question

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If a murder investigator relys on evidence instead of faith, does he have a better chance of getting the right suspect?

Answer 1

Faith alone under God's own system of justice!.

Recently, our Godly Republican leaders drafted the military tribunal bill which limits the right to be free from cruel and inhuman punishment and which eliminates the right of habeus corpus, a bothersome piece of red tape that has slowed the delivery of justice since the Magna Carta of 1215.

Therefore, it's time to take a fresh look at the criminal law and procedure of the middle ages. Under such rules, crime investigations could proceed rapidly from suspicion to torture, (oops, I meant interrogation), to imprisonment. or execution.

Compare this quick and efficient system with today's cumbersome warrants, arraignments, pre trials, motions, trials and appeals. Under the new/old way a murder investigator merely has to set up a firepit and fill it with hot coals or briquettes. The trial simply consists of compelling the accused to walk from one end of the pit to the other. God will burn the soles of the guilty and spare those of the innocent, just as He will in the hereafter.

A simple system for the simple times to which we seek to return. God save America!

Answer 2

Here's my rebuttal. I accept the fact that the DNA sequencing is so closely matched between humans and chimpanzees. I have no problem with that whatsoever. That said, exactly WHAT Alien DNA would you have available to make the claim that there is that common ancestry. So I will so, what you said doesn't work anyway: You are an art historian/conosseur. You are faced with an assignment. A painiting has been found in someone's basement without, for some reason, a signature. Your boss' believe that the artist is, say, a guy by the name of Michaelangelo but it's your job to authenticate that. "By George", it IS a Michaelangelo, you proclaim. Why? Did the great man smack you on the head and say "Hey, that's MY work"? No. You recognized the artist because in his other work you have seen common threads: the use of light, the type of strokes, the thems, etc. You can even take the illustration and think of a fashion designer and how women can recognize a dress as being from one designer or another because of recognizable features. Thinking along those lines, is it that difficult to accept that "the Grand Creator" would also have commonalities in his creation? Reply honestly. ============ Brook: ok I concede the Michaelangelo point. I'm fair that way. So pick an artist of choice. Renoir maybe. ?? :) and yes there are artists who try and duplicate the masters, but the masters themselves always stand out, don't they? And I can totally understand your wanting to be SURE. My contention, however, is that you CAN be sure if you really looked with an open mind. I enjoyed this debate point btw. :)

Answer 3

They begin with the evidence and then come to a "conclusion" - which is always to some degree an act of "faith". They trust the evidence, their experience, the witnesses, their interpretation of the evidence and their own judgement.

With God it is the same way. Having weight the evidence in the scriptures, history, and the world around me, having examined my experiences with God and prayer, having looked the testimonies of others, having understood the evidence, and trusted my own judgement on the evidence, I have come to the conclusion (which is all "faith" is) that God exist.

So, yes, the same process used to investigate a murder would be perfect for seeking God. It will show He is there every time.

Answer 4

I would guess that very few folks who post here are actually investigators. I am (I'm an Asst. Chief), although not in the field of homocide.

In my direct experience, a "good" investigator relies upon evidence only; a "GREAT" investigator relies upon both evidence and intuition (i.e. faith). A great sense of intuition will lead you down the right path each and every time, enabling you to find the evidence.

Peace.

Answer 5

Obviously the investigator should relay on evidence. Besides the fact that he is more likely to find the murderer, the prosecution needs to present evidence in court, not the faith of the investigator.
Now wouldn't it be nice if scientists had to rely on evidence when they came up with some of the crackpot theories we have been hearing about since Darwin. I am talking about spontaneous generation, phrenology, the comming ice age, global warming and of course, our old favorite, evolution.
A little skepticism is a good thing.

Answer 6

Evidence is what should be considered. The Christian faith isn't without overwhelming evidence. Here's a link for you to check out from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/jesus/greenleaf.html

Testimony of the Evangelists by Simon Greenleaf (1783-1853)
Greenleaf, one of the principle founders of the Harvard Law School, originally set out to disprove the biblical testimony concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He was certain that a careful examination of the internal witness of the Gospels would dispel all the myths at the heart of Christianity. But this legal scholar came to the conclusion that the witnesses were reliable, and that the resurrection did in fact happen.

Answer 7

The Bible says we have to follow the laws of the world also. So, an investigator would be instructed to rely on evidence and that is what he should do. I think relying on faith would be potentially dangerous because people are not perfect and are usually biased.

Answer 8

Evidence

Answer 9

They rely on evidence.Sorry that's not going to work.

I see where you're coming from,but it's not good enough.There is a dead body in front of the investigator.The investigator requires evidence.God requires faith.

The Jews and the Romans hung Jesus on the cross even though he was right there in front of them healing the sick,healing the blind,and healing the lame.The evidence was there.Many people in our modern day penal system have been put to death because of circumstantial evidence.Wonder how many of them were innocent.Jesus was innocent,and they still killed him.Evidence shows he resurrected from the grave.

Try again.

Answer 10

Not no, but hell no should a professional investigator in a murder case rely on FAITH! Believer or not, this is a horrible situation you dreamed up.

Facts over faith in investigations, always!