Man Suing God Unsuccessful

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 Comments on "Man Suing God Unsuccessful"

  1. 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. 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. | October 22, 2008 at 12:10 am |

    haha makes sense lawrence

  4. Joe McMurtry | October 22, 2008 at 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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