Man Suing God Unsuccessful

By: Law is Cool Contributors · October 17, 2008 · Filed Under Humour, Legal Reform, Politics ·  

Just over a year ago we covered Senator Ernie Chambers, the man suing God for making terrorist threats.

The case was tossed out this week.

But the point of Chambers’ suit, to demonstrate that anyone can sue or be sued, was also highlighted in the recent decision.

He has 30 days to appeal.

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4 Responses to “Man Suing God Unsuccessful”

  1. Mark Francis on October 17th, 2008 1:45 pm

    I’m sure there’s many people in mental hospitals who would accept service.

    Can’t this be upgraded to a class action lawsuit?

  2. Lawrence Gridin on October 18th, 2008 5:20 pm

    Couldn’t they have served the Pope?

    The Catholic Church claims to be God’s representation on Earth. I don’t know much about agency law, but I think that would qualify as an agent for service purposes.

  3. Alejandro J. on October 22nd, 2008 12:10 am

    haha makes sense lawrence

  4. Joe McMurtry on October 22nd, 2008 8:21 am

    Or, as one of my friends suggested, you could just claim that service was successful the moment that the claim was drafted (indeed, perhaps before).

    God is omniscient, right? The purpose of service is to bring the claim to the attention of the adversary. He would have known about it immediately.

    The other option, of course, is that he is omnipotent. Being everywhere, he can be taken to be personally served the moment the claim is brought into existence.

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