God cannot be sued - UK

[dipsydoodle]

God cannot be sued: Village vicar who claimed he was forced out of his job by 'League of Gentleman-style parishioners' told 'you cannot take your "employer" to court'

A village vicar who says he was forced out of his job has been told he cannot claim unfair dismissal because he is ‘employed by God.’

Reverend Mark Sharpe claims he had no option but to resign after a campaign of abuse by parishioners he likened to characters out of the League of Gentleman.

The 44-year-old Reverend accused the church of failing to support him in the remote country parish in Teme Valley South, near Tenbury Wells.

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But lawyers for the Diocese of Worcester pointed to ecclesiastical laws which state that clergy are not employees but office holders ‘employed by God.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2064823/God-sued-Vicar-told-employer-court.html#ixzz1eTr0laoX

[RKP5637]

1. What a bizarre event ... n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

2. I would love to see his signature on the checks

Does this also mean that creditors can't sue the church because that would also be suing God?

[Angry Dragon]

4. File a suit against god and if he/she does not show up then you win

[Matilda]

8. +1!

Did God interview him? Did God sign his employment contract?

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. If God is an employer, does she have to pay taxes to the government?

[RKP5637]

5. Hmmmm ... I wonder now if god is one of the 1%. n/t

[Quartermass]

6. Basically just another attempt

to excuse God's atrocities against humanity out the window. God can do no wrong, even if he molested a ten year old child in front of millions of people. Some Christians would still excuse that away as God doing an act of love and kindness.

It's bizarre.

[RKP5637]

7. And to quote the Reverend in the article, "If this is Christianity in action I don’t

want anything to do with it."

[Matilda]

9. These people aren't Christians.

Who would want the job after this? They should be left without a parson; nobody to baptise, marry or bury them.

[RKP5637]

10. I agree, they certainly are not. We have too much of that, people

professing to be Christians that are fakes and hide under the banner of religion to be horrendously evil. I'm not a religious person, but I did attend church as a youth and there are some good things in Christianity IMO, but there are soooo many horrid examples today IMO of people calling themselves Christians that are nothing less than the epitome of evil.

[malaise]

11. He didn't employ him either

[KamaAina]

12. Well, how would one go about serving Her process?

:shrug: