{"id":828,"date":"2008-10-16T14:46:07","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T22:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/16\/legal-case-against-god-dismissed\/"},"modified":"2008-10-20T22:23:27","modified_gmt":"2008-10-21T06:23:27","slug":"legal-case-against-god-dismissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/828\/legal-case-against-god-dismissed\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Case Against God Dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2rAOS5Jxphs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2rAOS5Jxphs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>From the BBC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>October 16, 2008<\/p>\n<p>A US judge has thrown out a case against God, ruling that because the defendant has no address, legal papers cannot be served.<\/p>\n<p>The suit was launched by Nebraska state senator Ernie Chambers, who said he might appeal against the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>He sought a permanent injunction to prevent the &#8220;death, destruction and terrorisation&#8221; caused by God.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Marlon Polk said in his ruling that a plaintiff must have access to the defendant for a case to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given that this court finds that there can never be service effectuated on the named defendant this action will be dismissed with prejudice,&#8221; Judge Polk wrote in his ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chambers cannot refile the suit but may appeal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/americas\/7673591.stm\"><strong>Continue reading<\/strong> <em>Legal Case Against God Dismissed<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the BBC October 16, 2008 A US judge has thrown out a case against God, ruling that because the defendant has no address, legal papers cannot be served. 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