Insanity defense

[Dill]

(09-28-2020, 08:21 PM)michaelsean Wrote: If you still know it’s wrong in our society, then you are still guilty. I don’t think there is an assertion that the person is unaware of this. The person is simply choosing what he believes to be a higher authority.

Well "society" will likely consider you guilty, and you may know that they will.

But if you believe God is the higher authority, then "society" is just wrong. Right? 
And you are guilty of disobedience/breaking God's law, if you don't do what God says.

We agree on this, don't we? 

Back to Fred's question, If society does not hear the voice of God along with you, 

then the question arises of whether the command from God you heard was a delusion. That's a question about your sanity.

If it was a delusion, then you were, in that moment, unable to tell right from wrong--in the eyes of those who think the command was delusional.

You would, or should, be considered insane at that moment, even if you knew that "society" would consider you guilty. 

You still had to obey god. You knew that "society's" laws forbid your act, but you also "knew" they were wrong.