WASHINGTON (AFP) - A court in Nebraska is being asked to cast judgement on the ultimate judge -- God.
State lawmaker Ernie Chambers filed a lawsuit Friday against the Almighty -- acknowledging he/she goes by numerous aliases -- for causing "fearsome floods, egregious earthquakes, horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes, pestilential plagues" and other alliterative catastrophes.
The suit, Chambers vs God, asks the court for a "permanent injunction ordering defendant (God) to cease certain harmful activities and the making of terrorist threats" which affect innumerable persons, including Chambers's constituents.
It asserts that God is "the admitted perpetrator" of such acts and said that God's omnipresence gives the local Douglas County District Court jurisdiction in the suit, adding that God's omniscience eliminates the need to issue a formal notice of the lawsuit.
Chambers told local media he filed the suit to make a point about frivolous lawsuits frequently seen in US courts, citing a recent one against a judge.
He asked the court to award him an unspecified summary judgment against God, or, in the alternative, issue a permanent injunction against God engaging in the damaging acts cited in the filing.
Neither God nor his/her spokespersons could be contacted for comment.
2007-09-20 15:20:17 · 12 answers · asked by Jim Jnr M 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
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2007-09-20 15:20:45 · update #1
Who would you sue.?
2007-09-20 15:21:19 · update #2
Lmao.....That is Ludicrous!!!!!
2007-09-20 20:31:54 · answer #1 · answered by Chav Princess 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obviously not a lot going on in Nebraska round about now!
Chambers has really put it back on the map hasn't he!!
I hope he asked God's permission first or the headlines in a few days time will read :"Super Tornadoes Wipe Nebraska Off The Map! State Lawmaker Disappears In The Middle Of Hail Storm?"
2007-09-21 02:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by Christine H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey, if it works in the system, I say go for it. You have criminals suing (sp) victims sometimes if their crime doesn't pay, and sometimes wins. SO why not?! in the courts we have to swear an oath not to lie in the name of God, so why can't God be sued? If people see him as a almighty being, and the courts and the Government ( look in the back of our currency. It states "In God we trust") acknowledge his/her existence, then why can't God be sued? I wish I thought about it earlier! LMAO
2007-09-21 08:29:11 · answer #3 · answered by Lilkryptonite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone needs a good chuckle, and I think this is great! Personally I would sue Satan, surely he's more responsible than God for these disasters. Or how about Mother Earth!!!
2007-09-20 23:05:44 · answer #4 · answered by pixie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I read that today and I laughed !! The guys trying to make a point I know but to sue God!! hahahaha!!
2007-09-20 22:25:56 · answer #5 · answered by Polar Molar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very funny, even funnier if the court had received a reply?
2007-09-21 00:12:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
pmsl.... no one can sue the Almighty! very funny one... but also to think they van sue the Almighty is carzy, thats what made it so funny.....thx for making my mornin better, my friend. A star from me to you!
2007-09-21 08:08:32 · answer #7 · answered by Deedee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that i want to sue the invisible man!!! thats just crazy. mi was standing at the p.c. reading and when i started reading it, i had to sit down. i was like "what?" that is soooooo absurd. did they commit him to the crazy house?
2007-09-21 09:04:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha he wants to watch he's picking on the wrong one. He could be in for a very stormy ride.
:-)))
2007-09-21 05:17:53 · answer #9 · answered by Teejay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no he's better thing's to do like plot the next move..lol hahahaha
2007-09-21 07:20:00 · answer #10 · answered by "!" 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
now we know how jobless politicians are,trying to sue god.wow
2007-09-21 11:04:23 · answer #11 · answered by life goes on... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋