To Pay or not to Pray.

[Rimeriter]

A bar called Drummond's (in Mt Vernon, Texas) began construction on an
expansion of their building, hoping to "grow" their business.



In response, the local Southern Baptist Church started a campaign to block
 the bar from expanding - petitions, prayers, etc.

About a week before the 
bar's grand re-opening, a bolt of lightning struck the bar and burned it to 
the ground!


Afterward, the church folks were rather smug - bragging about "the power of
prayer".

The angry bar owner eventually sued the church on grounds that the
 church ... "was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building,
through direct actions or indirect means."



Of course, the church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection
 to the building's demise.


The judge read carefully through the plaintiff's complaint and the
 defendant's reply.

He then opened the hearing by saying:




"I don't know how I'm going to decide this, but it appears from the 
paperwork that what we have here is a bar owner who now believes in the 
power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that does not."

NOTE - Extracted from the internet.

[DollyDot]

Hi Rimeriter

The problem is they were Southern Baptist because if they were Irish Catholics there wouldn't have been any problem. Good joke though.

Cheers

Dot