Oh, this should be fun. Via Dependable Renegade, we have this:
Prove Christ exists, judge orders priest
AN ITALIAN judge has ordered a priest to appear in court this month to prove that Jesus Christ existed.
The case against Father Enrico Righi has been brought in the town of Viterbo, north of Rome, by Luigi Cascioli, a retired agronomist who once studied for the priesthood but later became a militant atheist.
Signor Cascioli, author of a book called The Fable of Christ, began legal proceedings against Father Righi three years ago after the priest denounced Signor Cascioli in the parish newsletter for questioning Christ’s historical existence.
I'm guessing Father Righi isn't a big fan of the "teach the controversy" strategy.
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Holy Crap, (if you'll pardon the pun)!Now this should be interesting. Might make the US forget about Michael Jackson or OJ, wot?
Um, there is no controversy. No serious historian doubts that Jesus of Nazareth was a real person. Questions of his divinity are entirely another matter. But in this case it's Cascioli who's the crackpot, not the priest.
Oh, I realize that. I just never heard of a case like this making it to court. Those Italians need to learn how to relax.
Well, yeah. Apparently the judge keeps trying to dismiss the case but the plaintiff keeps appealing. The judge must just hate the guy.
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