The man who sued God

A Romanian has tried to sue God for  "fraud" and "betrayal of trust" for failing to answer his prayers.  The Evenimuntul Zilei story is in Romanian, obviously, but so far our translation services reveal that Mircea Pavel (a convicted murderer)  brought charges against “the defendant God, who lives in the heavens and is represented in Romania by the Orthodox Church...At my christening, I made a deal with the defendant aimed at freeing me from evil. But the latter has not respected that agreement until now, although he received from me various assets and numerous prayers” Pavel wrote.
The court  dismissed the case, ruling that “God is not subject to law and does not have an address."

Comments

[Geoffrey Smith]

Mr Pavel went to the wrong court. He should have gone to Brussels. They would have been delighted to convict the Almighty. Just one problem: with no fixed address, where would they serve the summons?

[Lucretius]

And when the meek inherit the earth, guess who gets to contest the will?

[Maggie]

Well , I always understood God had a fixed abode called Heaven .
Whilst I understand he could not produce a utilty bill, one could send the summons via the crematortrium.
As for Mr Pavel being let down by God, I must ask him was the contract ever signed. ?

[Geoffrey Smith]

'Fixed abode', Maggie, in the American sense of 'physical address'. Regrettably, there is no such place as Heaven on earth. Perhaps NASA could help Mr Pavel with the problem of delivery?

[Pete]

It would be impossible to have a contract with God and then sue him for fraud. He doesn't exist except in the mind's eye of the believer, and the believer is the one who makes it all work, or not. Perhaps he should question why he believes in something for which he has no evidence.

[Geoffrey Smith]

Evidence, Mr Pete? What sort of evidence would convince you? Or are you really open to persuasion and not just a rigid 'freethinker'?

[Michael]

Maybe he should have sued his earthly representatives in Romania...the Romanian Orthodox Church. They do have a visible head, a physical address and earthly assets. Since presumably they speak and act in his name they should also take some responsibility!

[sivasubramanian]

The church authorities who earn by the name of a non-existent person, i.e., 'GOD' should be declared as 'offenders' and their action be declared 'illegal'. All covenants empowering the church authorities be declared as 'null and void'. Further, the persons or authorities who use the term 'GOD' shall be made as a party to the litigation process and summons can be served on them.