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Court drops lawsuit against God after being unable to locate his address

int.iol.co.za — A Romanian man who sued God for "fraud" and "betrayal of trust" for failing to answer his prayers has had his case dismissed in court, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Mircea Pavel, 40, who is serving 20 years in prison for murder, brought charges against "the defendant God, who lives in the heavens..."

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  • Aticper, on 10/11/2007, -2/+78I have to say it.


    That is the funniest damn thing I've heard in a while.
  • wesamel, on 10/11/2007, -29/+101How can you sue someone who doesn't exist?

    *scores atheist points*
  • andrewcool, on 10/11/2007, -2/+62Umm if he doesn't show up in court, he automatically wins the case.
  • pintomp3, on 10/11/2007, -0/+41god promptly claimed executive privilege.
  • tuzziel, on 10/11/2007, -3/+36Sue Vatican for fraud and hoaxery then.
  • Joe_rigby, on 10/11/2007, -1/+26"...and does not have an address." I'm sure that if he asked the FSM for his cell and address, he'd receive a response.

    RAmen.
  • Rezzy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24You can't make up funnier stuff than this.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -5/+27ahhh... So "God" is a homeless bum. That's why hes so angry all the time.
    p.s. I am suing Darth Vader for scaring me as a kid.
    p.p.s. Anyone know the Death Star's Postal Code?
  • 256byteram, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20Don't worry, I'm sure the RIAA will have a good crack at it.
  • dbhaley, on 10/11/2007, -6/+23It's all so clear now!!! Just kidding, you're an idiot.
  • peterjmag, on 10/11/2007, -2/+19Are You There, God? It's Me, Mircea's Lawyer
  • KnightMareInc, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15so if you're homeless, you cant be taken to court?awesome
  • JackSrenton, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12dugg for the vocabulary lesson. Definatly gonna remember hoaxery
  • FlatFeet, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11If I could digg this 10 more times I would. Noodly appendage FTW!

    RAmen to you also.
  • DrColossus, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11Is there any way we can turn this into a class action lawsuit?
  • SevenTwo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11Omnipresence anyone? His address is everywhere.
  • radu79, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8BTW, the news is real, seen it on Romanian TV. They even had an interview with that guy a few days ago. And I can't tell if that guy was serious or not; he seemed serious, but on the other hand, people in jails are bored.
    Now he wants to sue the whole Orthodox church in Romania, because they represent God on earth :D
  • Firehed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Surely a prayer would do it...
  • jtizzle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I think you made a wrong turn at

    http://digg.com/world_news/Starbucks_shuts_controversial_China_shop
  • stklaw, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5We live in one world, buddy.
  • miriclaire, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4When I started reading this, I thought it was going to be witty and intelligent.
    Oh Well!
  • offwithyourtv, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Right on. Remember "definitely" while you're at it, if you don't mind.
  • DesuKN, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4He doesn't need that. He has the Mysterious Ways Clause.
  • bruenig, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7He has to be served first so that he knows that he is wanted at court.
  • devolved, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4E.B. is doing time for B&E, so suing him won't do any good.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4That's what happens when you try to blame your problems on your imaginary friends.
  • carpespasm, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2same dif.
  • Darkhowling91, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5I'm really at a loss of words to this one. Quick someone think of something crafty to say.
  • sanman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2That's fair -- after all, God doesn't speak, only churchmen on earth claim to speak for him.
  • Khaine, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3So he saw the movie 'The man who sued god' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268437/ and decided to try it for real, good for him
  • beanfeast, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2See "Blameless in Abaddon" by James Morrow

    "In this book, the two-mile long corpse of God (the corpus dei) has been towed to Florida, where the American Baptist Confederation has set it up as the Main Attraction at Celestial City. When Martin Candle, justice of the peace for Abaddon Township, Pennsylvania, loses his wife in a freak auto accident just after his doctor tells him he has prostate cancer, he decides it's time to put the Main Attraction on trial for His actions.".

    Basically, God is in a comatose state being kept alive by an elaborate life support system. Dude is suing to have God's life support shut off.

    Great book...2nd part of a trilogy
  • miriclaire, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2You are funny
  • MrPeach, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I think his reply was necessary and predetermined
  • bIuebonics, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1his reply was very necessary.
  • dbhaley, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Maybe....
  • grav3k33p3r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1what was he thinking?
  • anarchytv, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1brings new meaning to the term "in god we trust" printed on U.S money. if the courts can't find god, then why are they trusting him? would you trust someone you could never find, in an emergency?
  • fani, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Damn... I saw this and it has exactly 666 diggs..

    Work of the devil ?
  • Xeworlebi, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1The Easter Bunny is real. If God would give me Chocolate I would know he was real. How much I ask, God never gave me chocolate, The Easter Bunny brings it every year, I don't even have to ask.
  • Derrekito, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2By definition I suppose you are right... but I dont know if you can telepathically send him paper...
  • DrColossus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Kinda reminds me of Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor", where Jesus comes back and the Grand Inquisitor tells him not to mess up the good thing the Church has going.
  • masgaster, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Why can't he just serve him by publication?
  • TrevorBelmont, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Let's, for the sake of argument, assume for a moment that God is real.
    Maybe God didn't answer his prayers because he is all knowing and knew that this guy had some sense of "devine entitlemant" and was the kind of ***** who would sue God.
    God isn't your own personal "Reality Tech Support Line". And if God was in some way contractually obligated to answer your prayers, you probably violated the terms of that contract when you started killing people.
    What an *****.
  • Xeworlebi, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1God knows all.
  • Slagar, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Hey, cool, I live in Fairbanks, AK. I should look up Your God.
  • miriclaire, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Do you have a stutter?
  • miriclaire, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Free Bongs for Jesus!
  • miriclaire, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1freakin" genius
  • ah802, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Anything to get out of the box, in some countries... life means life.
  • Xeworlebi, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1So why didn't you guys sued the Vatican yet?
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