And God files a response? (Was: Suing God (honest, it's a lawsuit that ha...

[Susan Freiman]

Absolutely.

And what about a manufacturer's strict liability?  Breach of an implied 
warranty that the product is fit for use?  Reckless disregard for the 
safety of the public? 

Susan, willing to help with the brief as long as a belief in the 
existence of the defendant is not required.

RJLipkin at aol.com wrote:
>         Sorry for inadvertently hitting "send."
>  
>      The jurisdictional point might be legitimate but surely the 
> following is not: "It adds that blaming God for human oppression and 
> suffering misses an important point.  "I created man and woman with 
> free will and next to the promise of immortal life, free will is my 
> greatest gift to you," according to the response, as read by Friend." 
> Natural disasters have nothing to do with "free will."  Rarely, if 
> ever, is free will involved in hurricanes, earthquakes, and so forth. 
> Therefore explaining human suffering by appealing to free will 
> fails. Moreover, if millions of people dying in war, concentration 
> camps, and gulags, and so forth is the price we pay for "free will," 
> whatever that is anyway, I, for one, might want to return the gift and 
> get my money back. Now that God has entered the 
> controversy surrounding the suit, I think the suit should go 
> forward. Indeed, I intend to submit an amicus brief . . . .  Somewhere.
> Bobby
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> Widener University School of Law
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