April Fool
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
OK, I'll rattle off a quick disclaimer, lol: I don't celebrate April Fool's Day! I never saw why some people found it so celebratory. With that said, I always enjoy a good laugh and good clean joke. I hate pranks; April Fool's Day just seemed to try to make an acceptable way to be nasty to a gullible person. So I don't like "real" pranks but I will snicker at a cartoon like the one below:
Oh isn't that bad!? :-p
Here's something better:
Court Sets Atheists’ Holiday
Have you heard about this case? Great answer from the judge!
In Florida, an atheist became incensed over the preparation of Easter and Passover holidays. He decided to contact his lawyer about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while atheists had no holiday to celebrate.
The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the long passionate presentation by the lawyer, the Judge banged his gavel and declared, ‘Case dismissed!’
The lawyer immediately stood and objected to the ruling and said, ‘Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter, and many other observances. Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur, and Hanukkah…yet my client and all other atheists have no such holiday!’
The judge leaned forward in his chair and simply said, ‘Obviously your client is too confused to even know about, much less celebrate his own atheists’ holiday!’
The lawyer pompously said, ‘Your Honor, we are unaware of any such holiday for atheists. Just when might that holiday be, your Honor?’
The judge said, ‘Well, it comes every year on exactly the same date—April 1st! Since our calendar sets April 1st as ‘April Fool’s Day,’ consider that Psalm 14:1 states, ‘The fool says in his heart, there is no God.’ Thus, in my opinion, if your client says there is no God, then by Scripture, he is a fool, and April 1st is his holiday! Now have a good day, and get out of my courtroom!!’
It has been reported that this was a true case.
Hat tip In God We Trust. :)
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