Court Refuses Insurance Claim of a Glaciologist - Act of God
EAP: Glaciologist Terry Marks suffered a loss in courts against Moon Alliance Insurance who had refused to pay up on a motor vehicle claim after it was established that God was angry enough with him to cause him to drive off the road. The insurance company accessed this to be an "Act of God" on which Moon Alliance had no obligation to pay. "We are not a charity and we will not pay up on a claim if the insured party has an adverse relationship with the Almighty", a company spokesman told EAP today. He continued, "Just as an owner has an obligation to maintain his or her vehicle in a safe condition so too must he mend spiritual bridges with the LORD if the normal functioning of his vehicle is contingent upon this. For example, the best use which can be made of a car is to drive it to church."
In the High Court today Judge Pauline Jacks ruled in favour of Moon Alliance Insurance citing precedents involving the "Act of God" clause and that a citizen has none protections against a vindictive deity afforded him against those same trespasses by other people.
Her ruling stated "No one has a right to be safe against a trespass or malevolent design by the Almighty or to be justly compensated in the aftermath. If it were not so then the court system would be drowned by the multitudes so mistreated. No natural human has any rights that a god can not capriciously ignore or violate. Godly actuarial tables for calculating risk exposure do not and can not exist. An underwriter can only be obliged to cover risks where these can reasonably be known and agreed to by both parties".
Marks' problems began when he enrolled in the Holy Christian Cross University, which has a program of theologically correct science degrees. After his studies Marks was unable to find work as a geologist, graduating as he did from an unaccredited institution. A keen student none the less; Marks enrolled at the University of Sydney with the financial support of his fundamentalist, young geocentric flat earth doctrine holding church on the understanding that his career will not be in science but as a creationist apologist with a degree signalling piece of paper to lend credibility. Thus Marks agreed to descend into the heathen secular scientific hell so that mankind can be saved and will rise at a later date in glory to the greater glory of the LORD Almighty.
After many years Marks majored in glaciology and earned his PhD with a thesis in the field, including work in New Zealand and Greenland. Marks was recruited to work in Antarctica at the Amundsen-Scott Base. The pastor of his church, Dean Hoffs, was especially pleased as this would give Marks the opportunity to find the physical edge of the earth. Hoffs explained,"I have always known that the reason the edge has never been found at the south pole was because of snow blindness giving rise to the illusion that the surface continues on. Every pilot knows of the phenomenon. It's like a mirage in the desert. Just not real. Now we have one of our own who can expose this round earth conspiracy theory wide open."
Marks' work progressed to the point of publishing several papers. On reflection Marks decided a life time of hands clasped in prayer was not worth 5 minutes of actually to understand the world. Marks broke with his old fundamentalist congregation. Pastor Hoffs sermonised about a "viper in the nest" and of Marks getting the church funded taxi to his PhD and then doing a "runner" without paying his fare. It was last month that the church prayed for an accident or some mishap. So it was that at the conclusion of Marks tour of duty in Antarctica and his return to Australia that his car left the road causing a few minor injuries but totally writing off his vehicle. This satisfied his previous congregation although many had hoped for more serious injuries or even death. Hoffs speculated "God made a strike but missed." "The devil looks after his own like that you know."
On learning of this prayer for harm to come to Marks the underwriter, Moon Alliance, decided not to meet the claim for vehicle damage. The court agreed with Moon Alliance.
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Evil Atheist Press - April 2019
In the High Court today Judge Pauline Jacks ruled in favour of Moon Alliance Insurance citing precedents involving the "Act of God" clause and that a citizen has none protections against a vindictive deity afforded him against those same trespasses by other people.
Her ruling stated "No one has a right to be safe against a trespass or malevolent design by the Almighty or to be justly compensated in the aftermath. If it were not so then the court system would be drowned by the multitudes so mistreated. No natural human has any rights that a god can not capriciously ignore or violate. Godly actuarial tables for calculating risk exposure do not and can not exist. An underwriter can only be obliged to cover risks where these can reasonably be known and agreed to by both parties".
Marks' problems began when he enrolled in the Holy Christian Cross University, which has a program of theologically correct science degrees. After his studies Marks was unable to find work as a geologist, graduating as he did from an unaccredited institution. A keen student none the less; Marks enrolled at the University of Sydney with the financial support of his fundamentalist, young geocentric flat earth doctrine holding church on the understanding that his career will not be in science but as a creationist apologist with a degree signalling piece of paper to lend credibility. Thus Marks agreed to descend into the heathen secular scientific hell so that mankind can be saved and will rise at a later date in glory to the greater glory of the LORD Almighty.
After many years Marks majored in glaciology and earned his PhD with a thesis in the field, including work in New Zealand and Greenland. Marks was recruited to work in Antarctica at the Amundsen-Scott Base. The pastor of his church, Dean Hoffs, was especially pleased as this would give Marks the opportunity to find the physical edge of the earth. Hoffs explained,"I have always known that the reason the edge has never been found at the south pole was because of snow blindness giving rise to the illusion that the surface continues on. Every pilot knows of the phenomenon. It's like a mirage in the desert. Just not real. Now we have one of our own who can expose this round earth conspiracy theory wide open."
Marks' work progressed to the point of publishing several papers. On reflection Marks decided a life time of hands clasped in prayer was not worth 5 minutes of actually to understand the world. Marks broke with his old fundamentalist congregation. Pastor Hoffs sermonised about a "viper in the nest" and of Marks getting the church funded taxi to his PhD and then doing a "runner" without paying his fare. It was last month that the church prayed for an accident or some mishap. So it was that at the conclusion of Marks tour of duty in Antarctica and his return to Australia that his car left the road causing a few minor injuries but totally writing off his vehicle. This satisfied his previous congregation although many had hoped for more serious injuries or even death. Hoffs speculated "God made a strike but missed." "The devil looks after his own like that you know."
On learning of this prayer for harm to come to Marks the underwriter, Moon Alliance, decided not to meet the claim for vehicle damage. The court agreed with Moon Alliance.
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Evil Atheist Press - April 2019
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