amusing waste of time and taxpayer's money

There was a film a few years back starring scottish sellout Billy Connelly called "The man who sued god". This must be where this guy got the idea. I like the sentiment, but I have to admit this was very wasteful. Couldn't he have just posted a blog?

Anyway, read on:

God, address unknown, escapes on technicality

* Catherine Elsworth, Los Angeles
* October 18, 2008

AN AMERICAN politician's attempt to sue God has been thrown out after a judge ruled that the suit could not be served because the Almighty has an unlisted address.

Ernie Chambers, a Nebraska state senator, sought a "permanent injunction" that ordered God to stop causing "widespread death, destruction and terrorisation of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants".

The suit listed examples of God's wrath including "fearsome floods, horrendous hurricanes, earthquakes, plagues, famine, genocidal wars, birth defects, terrifying tornadoes and the like".

It identified the defendant, said to be "also known by various aliases, titles, names, designations" as "present in all places at the same time" and "the admitted perpetrator of the deleterious acts complained of herein".

The suit also claimed that the "defendant" had "manifested neither compassion nor remorse".

Mr Chambers "Anyone can sue anyone they choose, even God."

He also argued that because of God's omnipresence, "the defendant "is personally present in Douglas County".

But Marlon Polk, a Douglas County District Court judge, ruled that, under state law, a plaintiff must have access to the defendant and be able to serve papers on him or her for a lawsuit to go ahead.