Sorry folks, You Can't Sue God

Poor old God gets a rough ride these days, but at least no one can sue him/her/it.

Everyone's invisible friend is tangible enough to rain down fire, hail and brimstone; powerful enough to command the frogs to fall from the sky, but not it seems real enough to attend court. For that, we have to rely on real people - with jobs. Solicitors in fact and in this case, ambulance chasers.

Blame the blame culture whines Reverend Dr Alistair Stewart-Sykes bemoaning the decision to cancel a performance of Handel's Messiah in a century old building. (I'm paraphrasing here, what he actually said was "While we regret the cancellation we must abide by the law.")

Health and Safety is of paramount importance - I mean, no one wants the place to come down on the assembled throngs. But wait a minute, surely that would be God's fault.

Not a bit of it.

They have to have insurance in case someone stubs a toe in the dark and sues the place for every brass penny it's wheedled out of the parishioners for ten decades past.

I just love the way these people cherry pick what suits them. If the place falls down, it's God's will but the insurance will pay, but if the place falls down and kills a bunch of folk that's still God's will but the insurance won't pay.

I say: put your faith where your mouth is, Reverend. I say you're selling snake oil.

If this loving God of yours is so powerful, the place won't crumble to the ground and no one will get hurt. You have nothing to worry about. Not a jot. Who cares what the law says, God is the ultimate power in the universe - says you.

Funny how faith abandons people when reality strikes.