Atheist's Holiday!!!
Have you heard about this case? Great answer from the judge!
In Florida, an atheist became incensed over the preparation of Easter and Passover holidays He decided to contact his lawyer about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while atheists had no holiday to celebrate.
The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the long passionate presentation by the lawyer, the Judge banged his gavel and declared, 'Case dismissed!'
The lawyer immediately stood and objected to the ruling and said, 'Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and many other observances. Jews have Passover , Yom Kippur and Hanukkah...yet my client and all other atheists have no such holiday!'
The judge leaned forward in his chair and simply said, 'Obviously your client is too confused to even know about, much less celebrate his own atheists' holiday!'
The lawyer pompously said, 'Your Honor, we are unaware of any such holiday for atheists. Just when might that holiday be, your Honor?'
The judge said, 'Well it comes every year on exactly the same date---April 1st! Since our calendar sets April 1st as ' April Fools Day ,' consider that Psalm 14: 1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, in my opinion, if your client says there is no God, then by scripture , he is a fool, and April 1st is his holiday! Now have a good day and get out of my courtroom!!
Way to go, Judge!
AMEN
posted by: surrogate (reply)
post date: 12.12.07 (3:27 pm)
No judge would ever do it, but more importantly, no atheist I've ever met would bring such a suit. Frankly it's not a funny joke except perhaps to someone, like so many small "c" Christians, who think themselves better than other people and honestly think their faith somehow means they're smarter than others too. -Something any thinking person would find sickening.
posted by: mulder (reply)
post date: 12.12.07 (11:54 pm)
nice one :) though the joke comes from a religious person point of view, it is somewhat funny.
posted by: Barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 12.13.07 (9:28 am)
Reply to: mulder
I thought it was funny, whether true or not. The 'judge' picked a great date for the use of that Scripture, it's a perfect fit!!