Thursday, November 17, 2011

No to "Act of God"

I was forced to read a legal contract document and it had the term "Force Majeure", which drew my attention and made me to read that section in full. Interestingly I found that there was a legal term "act of god". The definition says that,

"Act of God is a legal term for events outside of human control, such as sudden floods or other natural disasters, for which no one can be held responsible". link

Now there are two sides to this, if you are a god fearing soul - You shouldn't sign this types of documents since its an insult to the almighty. All bad things are attributed to be done by God not a single good thing is attributed to god. So you should referain from signing these types of documents and protest to change the legal term.

In case if you an atheist, you shouldn't sign either. Since if you sign it, you endorse that god is there. How can you say that there are Acts of God, while you believe that god is non-existent in the first place.

So simple solution, all parties forget about contract laws and stop signing contracts, so people like me can sleep peacefully! I am just bored reading a few contracts ;)

3 comments:

  1. "you shouldn't sign this types of documents since its an insult to the almighty. All bad things are attributed to be done by God not a single good thing is attributed to god."

    I don't agree with your context. Happy things usually don't end up in legal battles. When it turns bad only it goes to court. So you can't blame law for it.

    For example, If I am attracted to a girl and if girl's dad goes to court and if judge asks me why did you fall in love with her, ... I can say its an act of god..

    A happy thing is attributed!!!

    Having said that, Is attracted to a girl a happy thing ... May be .. you are right!!

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  2. And my comment is longer than your post :) ... better you write more and yes I haven't responded to your mails yet!!! I will do during the weekend ;)

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  3. nanae ellarayum confuse paneettu irukkan ..neenga athukku mela ;)

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