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

[Steven Jamar]

Did the complaint also accuse God of being immoral for playing dice
with the universe?  Or more properly now, multiverse?  Or would this
just be an amicus argument as well?

:)

Steve


On 9/21/07, Susan Freiman <susan.freiman.law.65 at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>
>  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
>  Delaware
>
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