If you intentionally kill someone, are you legally responsible for their death?
If you intend to kill someone, but get caught before you succeed, do you still bear legal responsibility?
Is it possible to kill someone with magic?
If you intentionally kill someone with magic, are you legally responsible for their death?
If you intend to kill someone with magic, but get caught before you succeed, do you still bear legal responsibility?
If you've answered “yes” to all these questions, you're down with witch trials, right?
Belief in literal magic has serious implications.
Friend, consider well.
I recently asked the grandmother of the local pagan community, Aura of Coven Elysium, this very question: Is is possible to use magic to kill?
"Theoretically yes," she replied, "But I've never tried it myself."