TEXAS BEER JOINT SUES
LOCAL CHURCH OVER LIGHTNING STRIKE!
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."
8 comments:
The power of prayer works!
This is funny. I practically grew up in Mt. Vernon, TX.
Imprecatory Prayer is THE SWORD OF THE LORD. Use it wisely.
Crazy my grandma lives there too! I spent many summers there. I like the bigger city Texas.
Hey, Jesus made wine. He sure didn't make these modern churches. Looks like a wee nip might get you closer to God than an offering to the prostitute pastors.
LMAO
anon @ 10:50 PM. yep, Jesus slept in the streets and alleyways with the prostitutes, assassins and thieves, even the tax collectors, ministering to them, even though he knew most would continue on as before, because it was all they knew to make a living. Funny though, the only people he showed a real hatred for was bankers, lawyers and priests....imagine that eh?
The moral of the story
"Believe only when it suits your pocket book"?
This church group has a choice,
1. choose faith in their prayers to God,or
2. admit to no faith in God's prayers so we will not lose the money.
It seems God has a sense of humor!
Cool! I still have a lot of family up in that area, including my own grandmother until her recent passing. There really isn't much to do up in that area though, just a lot of mosquitos and humidity. I live in San Antonio now and I am much happier.
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