Suit against God thrown out over lack of address
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address. State Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the lawsuit last year seeking a permanent injunction against God.
He said God has made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents in Omaha, inspired fear and caused "widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants."
Chambers has said he filed the lawsuit to make the point that everyone should have access to the courts regardless of whether they are rich or poor.
On Tuesday, however, Douglas County District Court Judge Marlon Polk ruled that under state law a plaintiff must have access to the defendant for a lawsuit to move forward.
"Given that this court finds that there can never be service effectuated on the named defendant this action will be dismissed with prejudice," Polk wrote.
Chambers, who graduated from law school but never took the bar exam, thinks he's found a hole in the judge's ruling.
"The court itself acknowledges the existence of God," Chambers said Wednesday. "A consequence of that acknowledgment is a recognition of God's omniscience."
Therefore, Chambers said, "Since God knows everything, God has notice of this lawsuit."
Chambers has 30 days to decide whether to appeal. He said he hasn't decided yet.
Chambers, who has served a record 38 years in the Nebraska Legislature, is not returning next year because of term limits. He skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians.
The DJ's mainly focused in on the anti-Christian comments that Chambers makes and his skipping of the morning prayers, and they wrote this off as another attempt to undermine God. While that may be so, I think we need to accept Chambers' motivation as he states it: "he [Chambers] filed the lawsuit to make the point that everyone should have access to the courts regardless of whether they are rich or poor." Other reports state that the lawsuit was filed in response to a motion to prevent frivolous lawsuits and Chambers is trying to make the point that anyone should be able to sue anyone else.
Regardless of motivations or intent, I thought it was ironic that a man who criticizes Christians and skips morning prayer would acknowledge that God exists at all. If he can admit this fact, why then would he not be a believer himself? He comments that because the judge threw the case out due to lack of address this means the courts are acknowledging that God exists and thus, by extension, that He is all-knowing and can be sued. I would suggest that Chambers' admittance should thus extend his beliefs to other Biblical truths about God--that he is loving and merciful, and does not terrorize people,and does not deserve to be sued.
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