United States Senator Sues God

[Plenoptic 0]

Well this I find quite interesting and dumb at the same time. Ernie Chambers, Senator of Nebraska, says he is suing God because he has caused many catastrophes like hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, etc; that have caused many deaths and much damage in the world to innocent people. He is doing this because he is upset by all of the stupid cases he sees in the courtroom, like this lady suing because she wasn't allowed to say words like "rape" and "victim" in a trial which she said violates her freedom of speech.

This is sort of funny but also a waste of time. It's not that people just like making big deals out of stupid problems, or harmless problems, but they just want to make money out of it. That's the drive out of most people. We hear pointless cases everyday but the accusers have valid arguments and make millions of dollars out of it. I think this case is just going to get people to question why they haven't done this before. Because really anyone could sue God I guess but I don't know who's going to defend him, and how they are going to get money out of him seeing that he made everything so all of the money in the world should go to this senator? I don't understand really how this trial is going to work. Good luck to the senator in proving his point though.

Edit: Forgot the source, http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

Edited September 23, 2007 by Plenoptic (see edit history)

[bishoujo 0]

Are they even allowing him to sue God? If they are, then they are just as stupid as he is.

[Saint_Michael 3]

No smart person will ever let this go to trial, although this is not the first time people have tried to sue god. Some of those lawsuit were either based on if he/she/it is real or not, and people like that senator from Nebraska, so its nothing new it just hasn't been done in a real long time. All I can say is that this senator's career is over, and if some judge actuallly lets this go through OMG I will sue that judge for wasting time and money on something as stupid as this.

[galexcd 0]

Uh oh... God better get his lawyers. I mean, heaven isn't a cheap place to live. If this Ernie Chambers succeeds, God might not have enough money and the bank might repo heaven! Imagine the outcry! I mean souls need a place to go, and if they don't have God's pad to party in, where are they gunna go? Hell i guess, but that place is boring, full of businesses and office workers who sit in a 5 by 5 cubical all day staring at a computer screen. No place to have a little fun!

[g3place 0]

That senator is doing this for attention, this is just a tactic as everybody knows. Its pointless and stupid. I don't know why negative publicity is good. He is probably going to get kicked out of the Senate, watch! If he didn't know, a majority of America believes in God. He can kiss my behind. Nebraska isn't going to settle for this.

[Dooga 0]

I'm not very sure that he will get kicked out of the senate that easily. Politicians do all sorts of jokes and nonsense and stay where they were. I'm not pointing fingers, but I'm sure you can see a lot of them prominent in wherever you live.I'm not going to comment on the benefits of Capitalism, because I know there are a lot of benefits to it. However, the negative aspects of Capitalism is the lack of ethics. While I'm definitely not very supportive of an overly enforced Socialist system, I do believe that some socialist systems work pretty well. Canada is an example of a Democratic Socialist country, where private corporations are allowed, but there are only a few that are well known in the market. As a result, these corporations have specific business rules set out by the government due to their size. As a result, I think Canadians are quite ethical, and crime is very rare in Canada, even though police and military forces barely exist. I believe that to really have a perfect ideology that can prevent this nonsense is simply having one with ethical people, whether it's full out capitalism or not. Which one can really achieve it? No one really knows...

[Tetraca 0]

I think he is trying to prove a point that our policies have gone waaaaay too far recently, and the whole sueing thing has gone too far. If the only way people will pay attention to this is through him making a fool out of himself, so be it. I applaud him if this is what he's doing. If not, well, he's probably just another nut we shouldn't have elected anyways.

[sylenzednuke 0]

Okay now this is really hilarious. XD What if the judge turns out to be an Atheist? "Dude, you can't sue your imaginary friend!"

I think he is trying to prove a point that our policies have gone waaaaay too far recently, and the whole sueing thing has gone too far. If the only way people will pay attention to this is through him making a fool out of himself, so be it. I applaud him if this is what he's doing. If not, well, he's probably just another nut we shouldn't have elected anyways.

I don't know why I feel like agreeing to this. I am quite much surprised WE don't have such stupid politicians here in India. I mean it's India, worse politicians I used to think. But some recent stupidity has proved otherwise.

[galexcd 0]

Okay now this is really hilarious. XD What if the judge turns out to be an Atheist? "Dude, you can't sue your imaginary friend!" :)I don't know why I feel like agreeing to this. I am quite much surprised WE don't have such stupid politicians here in India. I mean it's India, worse politicians I used to think. But some recent stupidity has proved otherwise.

Think about the poor lord who isn't going to have a pad to stay anymore!!! Please have mercy and don't sue god!

[abminara 0]

Haha. That's actually hillarious. And he is going to win, too, as the God will probably not be able to make it in time:(P. S. Sucks if he gets a judge that belongs to some secta that believes and proclaims several gods to exist at the same time:))

[kab012345 0]

rofl What does he think he will get out of this? It is not God's fault.. I don't get it.. Does he expect money to fly down from heaven or everything to go back to normal? If he can't handle it, he shouldn't be a senator in the first place.. :)But hey, as some of you have said, I hope this is just a joke, lol.

Edited September 24, 2007 by kab012345 (see edit history)

[abminara 0]

rofl What does he think he will get out of this?
It is not God's fault.. I don't get it.. Does he expect money to fly down from heaven or everything to go back to normal?
If he can't handle it, he shouldn't be a senator in the first place..

But hey, as some of you have said, I hope this is just a joke, lol.

Actually, all he's trying to do is to make fun of stupid court cases that US is famous for. Like a robber being caught in a closet several years ago by accident, who sued the couple, whose house he was robbing for an involuntary assault. They actually had to pay him (even though he was in jail for robbery at the same time.)

[Jimmy 0]

Well God actually has a lawyer for himself. And it looks like God will lose this trial. I saw this a while back and thought it was pretty darn funny!He's only making the case that anyone can sue anyone for anything. And quite right too. It was becoming rediculous. Heck I could sue trap for the time I took HAVING to write this post!A couple of his points (which I thought were excellent);Since God is omnipotent he knows all about the trial and what is going on.Trouble is, how do you find a Jury that is NOT related to the defendant!!!! - They are working on that one as we speak

Edited September 25, 2007 by Jimmy (see edit history)

[Sprnknwn 0]

This news is absolutely hilarious. If senators are like this what can north american people expect from their president? Let's hope God won't revenge. Really funny, indeed... I would like to the see the face of this senator to see if he's kidding or just dumb.

[faund 0]

I'd heard that people like to resolve problems by suing in USA, but it is really a strange thing to sue God. I don't think God will appear in court any way.People don't like go to court, they would rather negotiate about problems. It's still too expansive, too time wasting. And even court made judgment of a civil action, mostly it will not be executed.Only important case will be sue such as murder, robbing etc,.Maybe that's the difference.