In a small Texas town, a new bar/tavern started a building to open up their
business. The local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from
opening, with petitions and prayers.
Work progressed, however right up till the week before opening, when a
lightning strike hit the bar and it burned to the ground.
The church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, till 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 or means. The church vehemently denied all responsibility or any
connection to the building's demise in its answer to the court.
As the case made its way in to court, the judge looked over the paperwork.
At the hearing he commented, 'I don't know how I'm going to decide this, but
as 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.'
