A New Bar in Town

In a small conservative town, a man began construction so he could open
a new Bar/Tavern.

The local Baptist Church started a campaign to block the Bar from
opening by petitions and prayers.

Work progressed, however, right up until the week before opening, when a
lightning strike hit the Bar and burned it to the ground.

The Church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, right up
until the Bar's owner sued the Church on the grounds that it was
ultimately responsible for the demise of his building, either through
"direct or indirect actions or means."

The Church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the
buildings demise in its reply to the court.

The case made it's way into court; the judge looked over the paperwork
at the hearing and 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 doesn't!"

Sadly, there's alot of truth to this!