A Florida Court Sets Atheist Holy Day

SWPaDon · Post by **SWPaDon** » Thu. Jan. 28, 2016 2:47 pm

In Florida , an atheist created a case against Easter and Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.

The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring, "Case dismissed!"

The lawyer immediately stood and objecting to the ruling saying,
"Your honor, How can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others.
The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays..."
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counselor, is woefully ignorant."
The lawyer said," Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists."
The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fool's Day. Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that, if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore,
April 1st is his day.

Court is adjourned..."

You gotta love a Judge that knows his scripture!

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Thu. Jan. 28, 2016 2:52 pm

SWP, THANKS for posting this !! That is awesome.

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Thu. Jan. 28, 2016 3:24 pm

Good one ! Thanks Don.

Paul

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Thu. Jan. 28, 2016 4:39 pm

Finally, that sure weren't PC

Nice find Don.

coalder · Post by **coalder** » Thu. Jan. 28, 2016 5:40 pm

Maybe there is still hope.
Jim

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Thu. Jan. 28, 2016 6:27 pm

OK, after posting to the wrong thread, I have finally righted my ship and made it back to this one where I should have been all along. There is no validity to this Florida Court and atheist holy day thing, and this is merely a joke that has gone around on the internet net since at least 2009.

scalabro · Post by **scalabro** » Thu. Jan. 28, 2016 6:49 pm

Are disturbed by the joke Larry?

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Thu. Jan. 28, 2016 6:55 pm

In one of the feed back statements--joke or not---"hopefully one day, we will have Judges that in fact respond like this one" Hope ya don't find that offensive Larry..

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Thu. Jan. 28, 2016 6:56 pm

Whether it is a joke or for real ,it sure tickled my funny bone.

I still find it very funny,if it is a joke,it is one of the best I've heard in a long time & one that I need to remember.

I did wonder over the yrs as to the purpose of April 1st,now I know.

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Thu. Jan. 28, 2016 7:07 pm

scalabro wrote:Are disturbed by the joke Larry?

I got a laugh out of it.

scalabro · Post by **scalabro** » Thu. Jan. 28, 2016 7:11 pm

Good.

waldo lemieux · Post by **waldo lemieux** » Fri. Jan. 29, 2016 7:28 am

windyhill4.2 wrote: I did wonder over the yrs as to the purpose of April 1st,now I know.

Here in good ole NY its why trout season starts on April 1st. Ya aint goin to church ya might as well go fishin