• We have updated the guidelines regarding posting political content: please see the stickied thread on Website Issues.

'God Next Door' On BBC R4

catseye said:
I'm pretty sure my recent travel insurance policy exempted 'force majeur' events, but that's not really God, is it?
Click to expand...
Different legal principles.

Act of God is/was the term for an unforeseeable and serious wholly natural event which could not be guarded against. A person could not be held legally liable for an Act of God.

If an underwater landslide in the North Sea causes a tsunami to come ashore and knock my fence onto your parked car, I am not liable for the damage to your car. That is an "Act of God". On the other hand, if my fence is blown over onto your car on an average blustery day, then I may be liable because the fence was poorly made or maintained. That is "negligence".

Force majeure is a set of manmade circumstances such as war outside the control of the party concerned, which make a specific course of action impossible. The terms of a contract may not apply in cases of force majeure.

For example, if a factory is suddenly hit by a terrorist attack, force majeure may apply and the factory owner may not be in breach of contract for being unable to supply goods that would have been made if the factory had not been damaged. However, if the factory was closed because of a labour dispute between management and workers at the factory, that would not be force majeure.
 
Last edited:
The radio programme was repeated yesterday morning. Disturbing really that an assistant gardener in Wythenshawe can proclaim himself God having believed it since he was a youth. Also quite scary that some followers interviewed believed it on sight. Some mental health issues involved, but I guess they are not doing any harm really.
 
PeteS said:
The radio programme was repeated yesterday morning. Disturbing really that an assistant gardener in Wythenshawe can proclaim himself God having believed it since he was a youth. Also quite scary that some followers interviewed believed it on sight. Some mental health issues involved, but I guess they are not doing any harm really.
Click to expand...
Seems that plenty of other people believe him/Him. It's not just his own delusion.

We heard the programme too and have been telling each other 'I'm not trying to look like God. I AM God.' :chuckle:
 
catseye said:
As long as he's harmless and just wants world peace, then what's the problem? These sorts of things only become difficult when the God-figure decides to manifest some destiny or other and tries to impose Their Will on their followers.

I like to think that, if there were a God, and He was on earth, this is exactly how he would go about things. Quietly changing things a little bit at a time, no drama.
Click to expand...
D'you think he's learned since last time? :chuckle:
 
escargot said:
James reckons he is God though*, not some mere demigod like Jesus Christ.

*He seems to say that a lot. 'I AM God.' :nods:
Click to expand...
To be fair if anyone kept questioning my identity I would have to say 'I AM Catseye.' Not really much else you can say. 'I might, or might not be Catseye, I refuse to be definitive on the subject.'
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top