Original Blog Entry: Texas bar sues church

Coin Toss — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:44:32 GMT

(Not sure of the validity of this, the person who e-mailed it never send cites, but it is kind of thought provoking!):

How would you like to bethe Judge?

TEXAS Bar Sues Church

In a small Texas town, ( Mt. Vernon ) Drummond's bar began construction on a new building to increase their business.

The local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from opening

withpetitions and prayers. Work progressed right up till the week beforeopening when lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground.

The church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, until the bar

owner sued the church on the grounds that the

church was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building, either

throughdirect or indirect actions or means. The church vehemently denied allresponsibility or any connection to the building's demise in its replyto the court.

As the case made its way into 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 does not.'

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