Did Jesus exist? Case dismissed

[obnoxiousdrunk]

ROME, Italy (AP) -- An Italian judge has dismissed an atheist's petition that a small-town priest should stand trial for asserting that Jesus Christ existed, both sides said on Friday.

Luigi Cascioli, a 72-year-old retired agronomist, had accused the Rev. Enrico Righi of violating two laws with the assertion, which he called a deceptive fable propagated by the Roman Catholic Church.

"The Rev. Righi is very satisfied and moved," Righi's attorney, Severo Bruno, said. "He is an old, small-town parish priest who never would have thought he'd be in the spotlight for something like this."

Cascioli, a former schoolmate of Righi's, said he had not expected the case to succeed in overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Italy.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/10/italy.christ.ap/index.html

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[Ediacara]

1. Do you have a link?

[obnoxiousdrunk]

3. Edited for link...

[Critters2]

2. What?

:shrug:

[patcox2]

4. Ummm, the judge ruled against the atheist.

Can anyone here read? This is two threads which seemt to think the court held jesus did not exist.

[KamaAina]

5. I guess they were worried what might come up on "cross" examination

:spank: :spank: :spank:

[papau]

6. Ouch - that hurt - but well done!

:-)

[Stewie]

7. The judge dismissed the case...

...when they started bringing in baskets of childrens' letters to Jesus.

[LittleClarkie]

10. It wasn't against Jesus, but some old priest

for being a priest and propagating "a fable".

I say, geez, leave the old dude alone.

[incapsulated]

8. Wow, and I though we were overly litigious...

This is obviously a bad argument between two people who have known each other too long and it actually wound up in court, lol!

Next, the "I never told your girlfriend anything about you fooling around, prove it!" trial.

[Cleita]

9. Just for once, I wish civil courts weren't involved with this crap.

Shouldn't this be something for the Curia to debate?