Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Nebraska State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week. Chambers says in his lawsuit that God has made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents, inspired fear and caused "widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants." The Omaha senator, who skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians, also says God has caused "fearsome floods ... horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes."

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Thy shall not sue the Lord thy God in vain!

The guy looks like he's got a halo in that picture.

Oh, the irony.

www.thespoof.com

I wish there was some way we could legally fuck over these legislators that waste our time and taxpayer money on such stupid attention grabbing stunts such as this (to include baggy pants bans, N word bans, etc).

Seriously, we should send them on an all expenses paid trip to a Kerry speech with a list of questions they will be forced to ask...

101

If you'd read the article you might have seen this:

"State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week. Angered by another lawsuit he considers frivolous, Chambers says he's trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody."

I did read the article. It doesn't change the fact that this clown is wasting taxpayer money/time in proving his point.

Using his rationale if he's against drunk driving he should go out and get hammered and drive.

What a douchebag.

Good luck buddy, I hear God's got Johnnie Cochran on retainer.

101,

What if he sued Allah for terrorism? Would you back him then?

The Nether,

I don't think The Devil is going to loan Johnnie out, do you?

Nebraska State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week...

so many smart ass comments to make about this, I do not even know where to begin...

A State Senator. Congratulations Ernie! You just made a really good career move!

When you are in court, you may want to refrain from bringing your sock puppets.

Is God the defendant? Does God get special treatment? Is God a flight risk?

Ernie is not going to get re-elected because...

OK. Are Jesus, Satan, and the Easter Bunny going to be surprise witnesses?

I'll stop before I go off on this concept.

"he's trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody."

As a legislator he should also know that stupid suits like this are dismissed immediately. There is a crazy guy in my county that repeatedly attempts to sue the devil. Only an idiot from Nebraska would mimic the actions of insane people. I wonder if he or his assistants drafted the complaint while on the taxpayers' dime?

No but Satan Claus and a shit load of elves have been called up for jury duty. I sure hope they can get out of it the trial is supposed to last through Christmas... and Jesus don't like it when dad forgets his b'day.

3 to 1 God doesn't show up in Court.

101,

What if he sued Allah for terrorism? Would you back him then?

Same guy, just a different alias.

If God does show up, what about the swearing in? Can God swear upon himself to tell the truth, so help himself?

Most lawyers want some indication that the sueee has something for the suer to collect. I'm not sure what gawd has. On the other hand, O.J. lost such a suit and the Goldmans are still trying to collect. Of course gawd never ran for 2,000 yards in one season. herm

This has all the makings of a silly Hollywood movie starring John Denver and George Burns. I can imagine some movie producer or script writer getting dollar signs in his eyes as he comes up with a "treatment" after reading about this. Can't you see it now? Morgan Freeman reprises his role as God with Will Ferrell as the attorney for the plaintiff.

Anyway,

It might be of interest to know that a legal suit against God was an idea first brought up in the Bible. The Book of Job is imbued with the language and the types of arguments that would have been familiar to ancient Hebrews who knew their own legal system. In the story Job essentially puts God on trial for what he knows is undeserved suffering. There are witnesses and arguments until the Almighty Himself testifies. It is an amazing piece of theology and poetry.

As far as this guy's reasons for such a suit, I always wonder if the motivation for such stunts are the "cause" that he is fighting for or simple self promotion.


Cheers

If this guy wins a judgment against God I'd like to see him try to collect.


If God does show up, what about the swearing in? Can God swear upon himself to tell the truth, so help himself?

Posted by coyote at 2007-09-18 10:03 PM |


ff for that one.

I love the picture for this article. Nice fan placement.

This just in:

Responding to the lawsuit God has now given Ernie Chambers penis cancer. No official word yet on whether a tornado that crushed Chambers' Nebraska home was a coincidence.

Here's tom with the weather.

, I hear God's got Johnnie Cochran on retainer.

And William Jennings Bryan.

I love the picture for this article. Nice fan placement.

Me too. Like a DiVinci painting.

Even if he has the wrong understanding of God, at least he is taking God seriously.

After he converts, he should read KNOWING GOD by J.I. Packer.

Great pic.

It kills me that some people just cannot understand how things like this are done to prove a point. Like when whats his name called for the draft so the rich fuckers would have to fight the war as well.

Ofcourse, Fox ran both stories like they were serious in the endevour.

Do you think he'll live to collect it?

Thoes kinds of libs are morons. What if there realy is a god and that pissed him off?

Mr. Chambers is a senator in my state, and those who live outside of Nebraska will likely think he's a nutcase.

Truth be told, he is a little crazy, but his craziness has always fallen on the side of defending those who needed it.

To knee-jerk morons like 101, read further than the headline before you post a reply. He files the suit to show that not only is the tort system flawed, but it also serves a purpose, and needs to be fixed.

Snipe,

I could easily say that your kind of conservatives are morons as well. However my statement would have the added benefit of being true.

Lets see if I can work out the crack-pot christian logic here:

When it's a portrait of JESUS on a wall in the deep south, it's NOT a waste of tax-payer money since the Portrait will remain...

But when it's a suit AGAINST god holding 'him' account for the suffering 'he' so obviously is responsible for...

it's a waste of taxpayer's money.

ALL of you christians are morons.

Why don't you just stay the fuck inside your churches and lash yourselves into sexual frenzies with willow sticks?

Or better yet: please do us all a favor; GO BACK TO JERUASALEM, I hear killing christians is becoming quite popular there.

And we certainly don't need your insanity here.

"Thoes kinds of libs are morons. What if there realy is a god and that pissed him off?

Posted by Sniper at 2007-09-19 10:24 AM"

Another classic self-retorting retort from our resident rocket scientist.

"Even if he has the wrong understanding of God, at least he is taking God seriously.

After he converts, he should read KNOWING GOD by J.I. Packer.

Posted by takitez"

The ego of you people sickens me. Maybe one day you'll come to your senses and realize that YOU were the one who was forcefully converted to Christianity when you were a child, and that had you been an adult and not indoctrinated when you didn't know any better, you'd see things differently.

Do you think he'll live to collect it?

Thoes kinds of libs are morons. What if there realy is a god and that pissed him off?

Posted by Sniper at 2007-09-19 10:24 AM



Don't worry Snipe, there isn't one.

Also, "Those" and "really". English, try it sometime.

I think that it is funny as hell. And, considering the immense waste of time and money Congress engages in daily, I don't see this as any worse...

I just think that it needs to be a class action lawsuit so all of humanity can benefit from the outcome...

I mean seriously; God is responsible for a lot of turmoil here on our little rock and, I for one, think he needs to pony-up...

The nice thing is that if he doesn't show up for court, humanity win by default... "Come out, come out wherever you are"...

Of course finding a jury of peers for God may be a little difficult.


I for one, think he needs to pony-up...

Yeah! At the least he could give us eternal life in heaven.


Wait, he already does that. Okay, how about eternal life in heaven and free cable?



Cheers

GRENDEL... "Yeah! At the least he could give us eternal life in heaven."

I meant "pony up" something tangible... Something real... Something that doesn't require faith in something completely imagined...

And, even if that promise is true, what about the rest of us that have had to endure his "loving wrath", but aren't going to heaven? You know humanity less the 144,000 that are "saved" as per the Biblical text?

We need some kwan now, because you can't spend it once you're dead...

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