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    Texas Beer Joint Sues Church

    Texas Beer Joint Sues Church

    In Mt. Vernon , Texas , Drummond's Bar began construction on expansion of their building to increase their business
    In response, the local Baptist church started a campaign of petitions and prayers to block the bar from expanding.

    Work progressed right up until the week before the grand reopening when lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground.

    After the bar burned to the ground by a lightning strike the church folks were rather smug in their outlook, bragging about "the power of prayer" 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".

    In its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all responsibility and/or any connection to the building's demise.

    The judge read through the plaintiff's complaint and the defendant's reply and at the opening hearing he commented, "I don't know how I'm going to decide this, because it appears from the paperwork that we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that now does not."

    True Story.
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    Hilarious, tis a good example of how the religious mind works, thanks for posting it.
    Religion is an ugly tyrant.

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    This is a classic example of how not to rely on signs and wonders unless you are sure they came from God... This is funny but:) Lets call fire down from heaven? Jesus had to rebuke the sons of thunder...

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    In his service for his glory, blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    LOL! Well, insurance companies and courts of law classify lightning strikes as "Acts of God", do they not?

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    funny, sounds like something that could happen in real life
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