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Old 03-25-2009, 05:40 PM
 
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Someone emailed me this and I thought this was really hilarious. I just wanted to post and let others read to see how they felt about this.


FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY

In Florida , an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.

The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring,"Case dismissed!"

The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others.. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my Client and all other atheists have no such holidays."

The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant."

The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists."

The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned.

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Old 04-12-2009, 06:21 PM
 
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Old 04-12-2009, 06:26 PM
 
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The judge should have ruled in their favour for Feb 30 or something
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Old 04-12-2009, 06:33 PM
 
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I had someone to email me this and I thought this was a joke at first, but it was a real trial.
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Old 04-12-2009, 06:39 PM
 
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I had someone to email me this and I thought this was a joke at first, but it was a real trial.
No way, is this a real one?
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Old 04-12-2009, 06:43 PM
 
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snopes.com: Atheist Holiday
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Old 04-12-2009, 06:45 PM
 
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Someone emailed me this and I thought this was really hilarious. I just wanted to post and let others read to see how they felt about this.


FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY

In Florida , an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.

The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring,"Case dismissed!"

The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others.. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my Client and all other atheists have no such holidays."

The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant."

The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists."

The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned.

That's hillarious! Thanks for sharing.
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Old 04-12-2009, 07:15 PM
 
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Yep, its real HIF, I thought it was fake at first, but I looked it up and what do you know, I found the information on line. This was an actual case brought up by an atheist before a judge.
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Old 04-12-2009, 07:25 PM
 
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You can't rely on snopes. It is owned by a leftwinger!
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Old 04-12-2009, 07:47 PM
 
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You can't rely on snopes. It is owned by a leftwinger!
Actually I didn't get the information from snopes!!! There are others that have this listed.
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