In a small town in Texas, a resident prepared to start up a bar/tavern business.
The local Baptist church started a campaign with petitions and prayers in an attempt to prevent the establishment from opening.
Work progressed, however, right up to the week of opening when a lightning hit the building, causing it to burn to the ground.
The church folks were rather smug in their outlook, until the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the church was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building either through direct or indirect actions by their prayers and petitions.
The church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building's demise in a Statement of Defense.
As the case made it way through the Courts, the judge looked over all of the paperwork, and at the Hearing commented, "I don't know how I'm going to decide this. It appears from the paperwork we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer and an entire church congregation that does not."
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The local Baptist church started a campaign with petitions and prayers in an attempt to prevent the establishment from opening.
Work progressed, however, right up to the week of opening when a lightning hit the building, causing it to burn to the ground.
The church folks were rather smug in their outlook, until the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the church was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building either through direct or indirect actions by their prayers and petitions.
The church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building's demise in a Statement of Defense.
As the case made it way through the Courts, the judge looked over all of the paperwork, and at the Hearing commented, "I don't know how I'm going to decide this. It appears from the paperwork we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer and an entire church congregation that does not."