THE PROCEEDING STARTS -- JUDGE SPOCK PRESIDING (Iteration #1 - starting 12/20/2025)

December 20, 2025  /  Neal Brandvik

THE COURT IS NOW IN SESSION

Judge Spock presiding.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury—the reader—this court convenes to examine a question of enduring human consequence.

This is not a criminal proceeding.
This is not a civil action.
No verdict will be rendered by this court.

The matter before us is a moral inquiry.

CASE CALLED

Good
(defined as the deliberate choice of love and forgiveness in the midst of tragedy)

v.

Evil
(defined as despair, hopelessness, and the absence of love)

JURISDICTION & LIMITS

This court asserts jurisdiction over human choice, not divine causation.

  • Tragedy itself will not be assigned meaning.

  • Coincidences may be introduced only as corroborative, never causal.

  • Symbolic language may be discussed, but not treated as prediction.

  • No witness will be presented as supernatural proof.

The purpose of this proceeding is to determine whether the deliberate choice of love remains possible—and meaningful—when tragedy arrives.

ROLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

  • Prosecution: The A-Team, conducted by the Plaintiff in real time

  • Defense: Satan

  • Jury: You, the reader

You are not asked to decide what happened in the past.
You are asked to consider what is possible now.

PROCEDURAL ORDER

  1. Opening Statement — The A-Team

  2. Opening Statement — The Defense

  3. Presentation of Evidence by Phases

  4. Closing Statements

  5. Adjournment without verdict

INSTRUCTION TO THE JURY

You are free to:

  • Question motives

  • Reject interpretations

  • Withhold belief

You are asked only to listen carefully and notice where choice appears.

The court now invites the Prosecution to proceed.

A-Team, your opening statement.

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