Friday, February 10, 2006
Actual Common Sense In Italian Court
An Italian atheist lost his legal crusade against the Catholic Church on Thursday when a judge rejected his attempts to sue a priest for saying that Jesus existed 2,000 years ago, the priest's lawyer said.I sort of wish this case had gone forward. I don't think there is a more researched figure in history than Christ. It is my understanding that the New Testament documents are the most historically verified documents from that historical period.
Luigi Cascioli, 72, had argued his hometown priest and former schoolmate had effectively broken an Italian law meant to protect the public from being conned.
But instead of granting Cascioli his request to bring the case to court, the judge recommended magistrates investigate him for slandering priest Enrico Righi, Righi's lawyer, Bruno Severo said.
Had this case gone forward the court would have been forced to eradicate all of history from that period, or rule in the church's favor. It might have been fun.
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