Talk:Act of God
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Does The Man Who Sued God need to be mentioned here? It's a bit of a stretch. Having it under the headling "The Movie" makes it sound like the movie is called "Act of God", which apparently it isn't. If every article had a section about movies the topic has appeared in we would have thousands of pages with unnecessary movie sections. And this movie is pretty obscure to boot. -R. fiend 15:04, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- No one seemed to object, so I deleted it. -R. fiend 05:38, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Pluviculturalist
Whilst I can make an educated guess at what 'pluviculturalist' means, it's a bit obscure – I wasn't able to find a definition in my own dictionary, dictionary.com or Wiktionary. Indeed, Google only came up with a total of 21 results for the word, Yahoo only doing slightly better with 24. I suppose it is the correct word for the job, but might it not be a little off-putting for some?
This San Diego anecdote doesn't provide much value either. Especially, "excluding him from liability but also from payment." The ruling may have excluded him from liability because the floods were an Act of God, but the issue of his payment is totally unrelated. The way it reads implies that somehow the Act of God classification meant he couldn't be paid. 24.110.86.83 06:05, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Why blame God?
People can hardly blame God for unforeseen events. Did God build cities on fault lines? Or below sea level? God gave us all common sense and intelligence, although some choose not to use it.
I agree. It should "Act of Devil".
euhhh stupid ???? Act of Devil..... lol.... Why not Act of Axis or Act of Hitler rofl... go home and die
Ugh. 24.110.86.83 06:06, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Merge with Force majeure?
Aren't these two terms essentially describing the same topic? --DDG 20:14, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
No, as war is not an act of God, yet is usually included in a Force majeure clause. David 20:42, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry, what I meant to say was: isn't this article about the force majeure clause? Is there actually a separate legal term for "Act of God" which is the same but specifically excludes wars? --DDG 21:00, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Source citation for Act of God
We need a source to verify that the phrase "Act of God" is indeed a legal term. Sources are also needed to verify the example given at the end of the stub. -- backburner001 15:46, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
- It's on most electronics warranties I come across. Not real sure how we cite those.--Attitude2000 03:58, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cars
I'm curious about something: if I own a car and have car insurence, am I covered in the even of a tree falling on it during a severe gale whilst it is parked outside and I'm NOT in it? Or does that count as 'Act of God/nature' ?
[edit] Acts of Gord
Why is Acts of Gord redirected to this?Simplicityho 14:18, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
