A district court judge in Nebraska has thrown out a suit by state senator Ernie Chambers against God. According to the Omaha World-Herald (via the New York Times ), “Chambers had sued God in September 2007, seeking a permanent injunction to prevent God from committing acts of violence such as earthquakes and tornadoes.”
Sen. Chambers argued that if God was omnipresent, he was also present in the courtroom when the suit was brought. Judge Marlon Polk didn’t buy it. He “threw out Nebraska Sen. Ernie Chambers’ lawsuit against the Almighty, saying there was no evidence that the defendant had been served. What’s more, Polk found ‘there can never be service effectuated on the named defendant.’”
I guess the only way God could be served would be if he were to return to Earth and appear in court. Wait a minute . . . .
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