>TEXAS BEER JOINT SUES LOCAL CHURCH OVER LIGHTNING STRIKE!

[Big N' Blue]

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>>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".
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>>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."