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Lawsuits Against the Almighty Continue

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You just can't make this nonsense up! 'All-knowing' God would know of lawsuit BY PAUL HAMMEL A God who is "all-knowing" should know when he's being sued, even without being served notice of the lawsuit, said former State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha. After all, Chambers wrote to the Nebraska Court of Appeals, courts already invoke the Almighty in oaths to witnesses that they tell the truth "so help me God." He said it was inconsistent for the Douglas County District Court "to take judicial notice of God in order to administer oaths and to enter an order to dismiss . . . yet simultaneously deny that the all-knowing God has notice of the petition," Chambers stated in written arguments submitted Monday. Chambers, an atheist who got a law degree at Creighton University, filed suit against God in 2007. The purpose, he said, was to uphold citizens' rights to sue "anyone else, even God." Chambers said he acted in response to legislat...