Opening Statement
Members of the jury, before you weigh the evidence of my testimony, you deserve to know why this case exists at all. Why put my life on trial? Why expose painful chapters instead of leaving them in silence?
My rationale is simple: truth demands a witness.
If telling my story spares even one person from the kind of suffering I endured in Case #1, Case #2, and Case #3, then silence would make me complicit. I cannot allow that.
I come forward not out of revenge, but out of duty. The world deserves to know what happens when faith is weaponized, when leaders betray, and when communities stand silent.
To the Non-Christian
You may never have stepped inside a church. Or perhaps you left long ago. What I ask is that you hear this evidence plainly. What I endured is not a story I would have chosen – yet it has made me a willing witness for the prosecution in the case against Christianity.
I do not change names. I do not soften details. Truth matters, especially for those who need it most.
To the Christian
Many of you may point to good moments in church. I had them too. But alongside the good, I faced betrayals that cut so deeply they unraveled both my faith and my trust.
So I ask you directly: how many life-altering betrayals would it take for you to admit something is deeply wrong?
When I needed believers who embodied love, mercy, and power, I found none. Christians are supposed to be the living evidence of Christ’s love. But without extraordinary love that surpasses the norm, without mercy that heals, without power that transforms – what evidence remains?
Again and again, I saw relationships abandoned for the sake of religion. Friendships destroyed in the name of politics. And silence from those who knew better. The court must consider: love that fails to rise above ordinary human behavior is no evidence of divine power.
Closing Argument
This is my story. I did not choose it. But I cannot remain silent. If I did, I would be allowing harm to continue unchecked.
It is not only my right to speak. It is my duty.
Thank you for hearing my testimony.
– Don