A recently retired atheist state senator from Nebraska hit a bump in the road in his attempt to file a lawsuit against God. But after a judge announced plans to dismiss the suit for failure to properly notify the defendent, Ernie Chambers offered a compelling argument: God knows everything. Read the full story here.

For more on Chambers, check out this 2006 profile in Mother Jones. Of note:

In the 2005 session, he blocked the legalization of concealed weapons, as well as a constitutional amendment protecting the right to hunt, which he said would “trivialize and pollute” the state constitution. In classic Ernie Chambers style, he introduced a raft of riders to the amendment that would protect such other rights as “creating, recreating, conversating and procreating,” “hunting for the link between Noah’s Ark, Joan of Arc and Archimedes,” and “sitting on the front porch on a warm summer evening, drinking a glass of cold lemonade, dreamily watching the silvery moon rise to begin its journey across a darkening velvet sky powdered with stardust.”