The "Highest" Court Case

Would anybody like to be part of this court case? An Italian court will soon decide if they will hear a case to determine Jesus existed or not. If they rule that he doesn't exist, not only does the court risk eternal damnation (depending on who you ask), the Roman Catholic Church risk fines, because legally, they would be breaking the law by teaching that Jesus Christ did exist.

The plaintiff, Luigi Cascioli, said that he started this lawsuit because he "wanted to deal the final blow against the Church, the bearer of obscurantism and regression." Casciolo says that Enrico Righi (the defendant), and by extension the whole Church, broke two Italian laws. The first is "Abuso di Credulita Popolare" (Abuse of Popular Belief), a law meant to protect people against being swindled or conned. The second crime that Cascioli accuses is that of impersonation, or "Sostituzione di Persona."

A court in Viterbo will hear the case at a January 27 preliminary hearing, to determine if the case has enough merit to go forward. We'll let you know what the court decides then. (source)