January 4, 2006

WHAT, NO FOSSIL RECORD?


Judge tells priest to prove Christ existed (Richard Owen, The Australian, January 4th, 2005)

An Italian judge has ordered a priest to appear in court 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.

Mr Cascioli, author of a book called The Fable of Christ, began legal proceedings against Father Righi three years ago after the priest denounced Mr Cascioli in the parish newsletter for questioning Christ's historical existence.

Viterbo judge Gaetano Mautone yesterday set a preliminary hearing for the end of this month and ordered Father Righi to appear.

The judge had earlier refused to take up the case, but was overruled last month by the Court of Appeal, which agreed that Mr Cascioli had a reasonable case for his accusation that Father Righi was "abusing popular credulity".

Funny how modern materialists who dine out on the horrors of the Inquisition and Galileo’s trial think a secular courtroom is just the perfect place to pronounce on ID or settle theological questions.

Posted by Peter Burnet at January 4, 2006 7:01 AM
Comments

Would it help if Harry testified as a 'character' witness?

And what will the EU court do if the Italians affirm the 'existence' of Christ? Sue the church for all those prejudicial statements in the Bible?

Posted by: ratbert at January 4, 2006 8:54 AM

I realize that most people know little about history, but you have to have a special combination of mind-boggling ignorance and spectacular credulity to honestly believe that Christ never existed.

Posted by: b at January 4, 2006 11:24 AM

The Left tried this several years ago with Socrates as well. My retort to these dumbasses is the samenow as it was then: 3,000+ years from now, I defy anyone to prove that Elvis existed.

Posted by: Morty at January 4, 2006 1:26 PM

3,000 years from now there will be folks who think Elvis is still alive.

Posted by: joe shropshire at January 4, 2006 1:32 PM

Whether or not he existed doesn't matter. Does it matter whether or not the garden of eden existed? The story and how it has been reinterpreted through history are what determines its significance, not the scientific or legal proof of them.

Posted by: Grog at January 5, 2006 12:37 AM
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