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Brainstormy

(2,380 posts)
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 11:04 AM Aug 2013

Kenyan lawyer seeks to overturn conviction of Jesus

As much as this sounds like something from the Onion, it's not. Gives "frivolous lawsuit" a whole new meaning.

Dola Indidis has one goal: get justice for Jesus, even if it comes 2,000 years later.

To that end, the Kenyan lawyer named quite the roster of defendants -- including Pontius Pilate, King Herod, the former Emperor of Rome, and the states of Israel and Italy -- in the lawsuit he recently filed with the International Court of Justice, media outlets report.

“I filed the case because it’s my duty to uphold the dignity of Jesus and I have gone to the ICJ to seek justice for the man from Nazareth,” Indidis told Standard Media, a Kenyan news website. “His selective and malicious prosecution violated his human rights through judicial misconduct, abuse of office bias and prejudice.”

Including modern-day states in the suit, Indidis explained to another news outlet, is the result of those countries having previous ties to the Roman Empire.

"The government for whom they acted still is answerable for their act," Indidis told Kenya's Citizen TV. "Pontius Pilate was acting under the government of Rome, which was headed by Caesar."

Indidis went on to tell the news station that he would be relying on the Bible for evidence and that he thinks he has a good case.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/06/dola-indidis-lawyer-overturn-jesus-conviction_n_3713610.html

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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
6. Well, most likely there WAS a cult-leader named Jesus.
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 06:24 AM
Aug 2013

It's just the "divine" stuff that's hard to swallow.

ScottLand

(2,485 posts)
9. It seems like a logical conclusion especially for people who like slippery slope arguments.
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 07:29 PM
Aug 2013

I always wonder how anyone can simultaneously be angry at a murderer while stating that it was all god's will and happened for a reason.

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
10. If Jesus had lived at all...
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 07:38 PM
Aug 2013

The fact that the Bible gives us no reliable insight into a person, Yeshu, tends to imply they tacked on myths to them even if they had a specific, real person as a base.

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
5. RElying on the bible for evidence...
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 02:21 AM
Aug 2013

Which one of the four mutually exclusive accounts are they going to put forward? Oh yeah, there are no contradictions in the bible. Haha

LostOne4Ever

(9,286 posts)
12. I would figure that the opposing council
Fri Aug 9, 2013, 01:39 PM
Aug 2013

Could just point to all the scripture saying the earth is a flat disk and that the sun and moon revolve around it to show that the book is fiction and would have the case thrown out for lack of evidence

brooklynite

(94,384 posts)
7. I don't believe that Rome was a signatory to the ICC...
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 11:36 AM
Aug 2013

...it came up in the Senate but got filibustered...

dimbear

(6,271 posts)
13. A large portion of the Nairobi, Kenya airport recently burned down because they have no
Fri Aug 9, 2013, 05:21 PM
Aug 2013

functioning fire department, so this sounds like a good use of resources to me.

Uh, do I need this?

Zoeisright

(8,339 posts)
14. Can't find anything better to do with his time, huh?
Sat Aug 10, 2013, 07:24 PM
Aug 2013

Why doesn't he try to feed the poor and shelter the homeless if he's twiddling his fucking thumbs?

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