Thursday, October 20, 2005

Romanian prisoner sues God

From Here

ATHENS, October 18 (RIA Novosti) - A prisoner in a Romanian jail is suing God, Greek state television reported from Bucharest Tuesday.

"God received different material valuables from me, as well as prayers in exchange for promises of a better life. In reality, this did not happen - I found myself in the devil's hands," the plaintiff said.

The convict is serving 20 years in the west Romanian city of Timisoara. He apparently blames God for the troubles in his life and wants God brought to account for failing to fulfill the commitments He undertook and for taking bribes.

The plaintiff said that when he had been baptized in childhood, he concluded a contract with God that had legal effect - God was supposed to protect him from evil.

The plaintiff said the Romanian Orthodox Church, which, according to him, directly represents God, should compensate him for the alleged God-inflicted damage.

In line with the law, the lawsuit was submitted to court. However, as the defendant is neither an individual nor a company, and is not subject to a civil court of law's jurisdiction, the case is unlikely to be heard regardless of how justified the plaintiff's demands may be, court officials said.


Fantastic.

I used to think this lawsuit craziness was restricted to the United States of America (no offense to Americans, but that aspect of your country baffles me). Apparently it's some sort of pandemic.

I dunno about this guy, but personally, there's no point to filing a lawsuit against God.

I dunno what this guy is in prison for of course, perhaps he was wrongly accused? Maybe he should talk to Job and swap stories.

1 comment:

Jonette said...

That sort of remind me of a Will Eisner comic, A Contract With God! (The title really has an exclamation point.) It's basically the same story as what you have here: Old man curses God for not fulfilling His side of the contract, being the man serves God faithfully and chastely in return for God keeping his adoptive daughter out of harm's way. Unfortunately, the daughter dies in an accident. Te old man curses God's name in a storm, and the storm claims his life. Such a sad end.

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