Lawsuits against God

[ideologyhunter]

Wikipedia has a short, entertaining article on 'Lawsuits against supernatural beings', which details court cases brought against the Christian god, Satan, and various Hindu deities.
My favorite dates from 2008, in Nebraska, where Ernie Chambers, a state senator(!) sued God, seeking "a permanent injunction against God's harmful activities." (I'd like to sue "him" for various parts of his creation.) Chambers actually got a court date to lay out his case. The judge told him that God "could not be properly notified, not having a fixed address." (Don't the preachers tell us he's literally everywhere? You could leave a summons in Burger King, or in a pine tree, or flush it down your toilet, and God would know.) Chambers argued: "The court acknowledges the existence of God. A consequence of that acknowledgement is a recognition of God's omniscience. Since God knows everything, God has notice of this lawsuit."
The case was dismissed. This account left me wondering if Chambers had already vacated his state senate seat, or was planning to. Suing deities can't bring you many votes out on the Great Plains.

 

[bilby]

Suing deities can't bring you many votes out on the Great Plains.

I bet it would if you won.

 

[DBT]

Bad workmanship? Lacking due care and attention? Safety issues? Poor design?

 

[WAB]

Bad workmanship? Lacking due care and attention? Safety issues? Poor design?

Yup. And all with no help or input from a god. Nature's a dick all on its own.

 

[ideologyhunter]

"The zipper concept would have come in so handy during childbirth." -Lily Tomlin

 

[Elixir]

Suing deities can't bring you many votes out on the Great Plains.

I dunno. Having someone to blame for stuff like pestilence and drought holds considerable appeal.

 

[Learner]

I think it would be quite difficult to appoint a judge for lawsuits being made up made against the biblical God. Appointing judges for lawsuit cases against others gods you could get away with, but not with the God of the bible ...

....since he would know all the sins that everyone has committed. Which reminds me now, of when Jesus said to the Jews who were about to stone a woman for adultery. Jesus said to them, "those among you who are without sin, cast the first stone", which no one did.

 

[DBT]

I think it would be quite difficult to appoint a judge for lawsuits being made up made against the biblical God. Appointing judges for lawsuit cases against others gods you could get away with, but not with the God of the bible ...

....since he would know all the sins that everyone has committed. Which reminds me now, of when Jesus said to the Jews who were about to stone a woman for adultery. Jesus said to them, "those among you who are without sin, cast the first stone", which no one did.

Yet we have the story of God ordering a man to be killed by stoning because he had been gathering sticks on a Sabbath.

 

[unapologetic]

Maybe Chambers should have persued the case as a class action.