small town bar sues small town church

[phlemmy]

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, until 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 buildings demise in its reply to 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 doesn't.'

[ajish4]

LOL!

Sean, that is priceless.....I sent a copy of this to our church office!

[doctorwho]

That's great!

I have always wondered what would happen if an insurance company did not pay out because the circumstances were "an act of God" and had to defend that opinion in court ...

[winston]

That is too damn funny. Thanks for the good laugh Sean.

[melibreits]

HAHAHAHA!!!! Too funny....

[scott_s]

Ha -- that's cute!

- Scott

[paologregorio]

LOL!!!

[antipodean]

And you wonder why the US judicial system is overburdened?