A legal “Act of God” is a term of art in legal documents, though - usually found in a force majeure clause. I don’t think you need to have a God to have an “Act of God”.
It’s just a good portion of our legal code and its terms are derived from English law from several hundred years ago.
According to Wikipedia, there are 4200 religions. I was just covering most cases
Also, im pretty sure there cant be an act of god without a god
A legal “Act of God” is a term of art in legal documents, though - usually found in a force majeure clause. I don’t think you need to have a God to have an “Act of God”.
It’s just a good portion of our legal code and its terms are derived from English law from several hundred years ago.