A court in the Romanian city of Timişoara has dismissed a lawsuit against God. The judges decided that God is not subject to civil law and, in addition, does not have an address where the court could locate him.
A prison inmate serving a 20-year sentence for murder had filed suit against "the person known as God, resident in heaven and represented on earth by the Orthodox Church," and charged him with "fraud, breach of trust, corruption, and abuse of power." According to the plaintiff, at his baptism he had made a contract with the defendant by which the latter was required to protect him from any kind of misfortune. However, God had never fulfilled any of his contractual obligations, despite the many offerings and prayers made to him by the plaintiff.
(Source: Lenta.ru News via a friend of a friend in Ukraine.)
Friday, July 20, 2007
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What's wrong with this picture is that the "plaintiff" seems to have determined the terms of the "contract" rather unilaterally, and in apposition to the only terms on offer from the God he maligns. "If any man come after Me, let him deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow Me". Now quite the roses and posies (hold the thorns, please) the plaintiff alledges are his due. Breach of contract? Not hardly. I hope the court finds the plaintiff liable for court and solicitors' fees out of his own pocket. It IS somewhat refreshing that the court determined that God is above civil law, though their added issue of "no address for service" is rather a joke. No address? Why, since He is everywhere, he NEEDS none. He is immediately available to any who desire Him..but on HIS terms, not those of the seeker. I wonder how the 9th Circus Court of Appeals in good ol California would have responded?
Good thoughts. I wonder how far a lawsuit against God has ever gotten in America--this can't be the first time anyone ever thought of it.
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