Was it desperation or a great idea that drove this man to sue God? And if he had won would he have received payment in the form of heavenly reward or just cold hard cash? Perhaps God has a numbered bank account on the Cayman Islands?
Many people have felt let down by God at one time or another while suffering from life's slings and arrows, including among others Jesus, who famously asked his divine father "Why have you forsaken me?" while suffering on the cross.
Pavel Mircea, who is serving a 20-year sentence for murder, filed a lawsuit in the western Romanian town of Timisoara against God for not protecting him from the Devil. He claimed that he had concluded a contract with God at baptism but God had not kept his side of the bargain.
Source: spiegel.de
And he's got a pretty good argument.
"He was supposed to protect me from all evils and instead he gave me to Satan who encouraged me to kill," he claimed.
In the written lawsuit, the convict had put "God, resident in heaven, represented in Romania by the Orthodox church" as the defendant, reported the Romanian daily Evenimentul Zilei.
Source: spiegel.de
I guess when you are spending life in prison you have time to research your case.
But it just wasn't good enough to convince the prosecution to take the case.
The court in Timisoara, in western Romania, dismissed the case, ruling that "God is not subject to law and does not have an address."
Source: metimes.com
And now the prison chaplain is left with explaining the legal intricacies of why he can't sue God
Constantin Stoica, the spokeswoman for the Romanian Orthodox patriarch in Bucharest, told reporters Thursday that the prison chaplain will be given the difficult task of explaining to the man "that God does not act without our will and that people have the freedom to choose between good and evil."
Source: spiegel.de