The Man Who Sued God Page #8

I thought what they did to you

yesterday was terrible.

- They're pretty tough on him too.

- But he deserved it.

- Is she nice?

- She's very nice indeed.

What?

I'm proud of you, whatever happens.

Nothing could stop us now.

Is it enough, do you think, a moral victory?

What other kind is there?

In the great scheme of things.

- I call David Myer.

- Your Honour, I'm withdrawing from the case..

What? He can't do that.

- Yes, he can. But he'd better explain.

- What is this?

I brought an action against

someone who doesn't exist.

- The defendant does not exist?

- What about these characters?

If God doesn't exist, they don't

exist as his representatives.

The God of the 'Act of God'

does not exist.

Not one person in this courtroom has

been prepared to say that he does.

It's a lie that they use to

rob decent, honourable people,

the kind of people

who have joined me in this action.

There's something else.

If God exists,

I don't think he sits around

sinking people's little boats,

I don't think he causes

earthquakes and landslides,

or dreams up ways

to make people's breaks fail.

If there is a God, surely he is everywhere.

He's in everything. He's even in this courtroom.

He's in the sea, he's in a lobster,

he's in a line of Robert Burns,

he's in a woman's thigh,

the soft anvil of creation.

He's in the face.

How can I sue these things?

"All other things to the destruct should draw,

only love hath no decay."

That's what I told you.

Maybe you were right. My boat was a tiny little

speck of dust in the great scheme of things.

Losing it was nothing.

Let's say God did sink my boat.

How can I sue God for an act

that led me to this woman?

For an act of love.

- Pax vobiscum.

- Bless you.

Mazel tov.

- It's a sign.

- A miracle.

- A winged messenger.

- It's a f***ing cockatoo.

I think, under the circumstances,

court is adjourned for 15 minutes.

Mr. Myers did more than prove that

the insurers god is a false one.

- A very strange thing happened today...

- He showed us

that even in this globalised world,

love is still a powerful player.

Two very strange things happened today...

Mr. Myers has established to my satisfaction

That an 'Act of God',

as defined by the insurance companies,

is oppressive and exploitative,

offensive to reason and religion...

and almost certainly wrong in law.

He has withdrawn his case,

but he's made his point indelibly.

The position of the insurance

companies is untenable,

and in my view unlikely to survive

concerted challenge in the court.

Your Honour,

the case is,

with the greatest respect,

the case was against the churches.

Yes. And they will have to

consider their position.

- Amor vincet omnie.

- Love conquers all.

Court is adjourned.

Please tell the American people

how you feel right now.

I feel terrific, thank you very much.

I'm very, very happy.

What happens with your co-plaintiffs?

Mr. David Myers will be representing them.

- Will they be suing God?

- No, the insurance companies.

The way is now open,

thanks to my brother.

- Is the world a better place today?

- Me? I think so.

Every right-minded person knows that

I've been even-handed throughout the case,

but now that it's over I'll say this:

It's a great victory for ordinary people,

like you and like me.

- Did we win?

- I don't know.

It's been a tumultuous couple of hours

at the stock exchange

where all the large insurance

stocks have crashed.

There's panic at insurance offices

around the city

with thousands of customers demanding refunds.

A spokesman for Monarch Alliance says...

- I suppose the best is to take the long view.

- You're telling me?

We survived, but I certainly

don't have a sense of jubilation.

- I have a depression.

- A terrific victory, Ryan.

- Your grace, you got crucified.

- The games are over. We shall be rich.

Cal's suing? Good on you.

Against Monarch Alliance

and five other insurance companies.

Section 52 of the Trade Practices Act.

Several billion dollars...

- God is our copyright.

- I'll get straight onto it.

We won't be needing you on this one, Gerry.

Not this time.

- God is love.

- What if we've been reading you people?

It's what happens when we

give up the moral high-ground.

I'm against all these lawsuits.

The church is our proper place.

- They're gonna sue you for billions.

- What!?

We've got to get back to our

core business. The little people.

- We could help fund their case.

- I said to Sam,

you want to win this case

you've got to prove God does not exist.

That's easier said than done.

I saw an article which said

they'll soon be able to, apparently.

- A science magazine?

- No, Presbyterian Monthly.

It's a question of faith. Either you

believe He doesn't exist, or you don't.

Pinch me. Tell me I'm dreaming.

How long is it going to take you

to pay that money back?

Not long.

Twenty, thirty, forty years.

You've just been offered $250.000

for your story.

- No, I couldn't do that.

- You want to be a lawyer all your life?

Actually, it's worse than that.

You've been offered $350.000 for

the complete, unabridged story.

The full kissy-wissy, touchy-watchy?

- The steamy story.

- Our story.

- I can pay Les back.

- Yes.

$200.000 would buy a beautiful boat.

I always fancied sailing to Shanghai.

It's too late, it's ruined.

But I've heard Hanoi is wondrous.

- There's pirates on the way.

- Bugger them.

Typhoons, malaria...

Arthur, how do you like

the sound of that? Hanoi.

They eat dogs in Hanoi.

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