ONLY IN TEXAS
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 to block the bar from expanding with petitions and prayers. 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 burning 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 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, but 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."
I didn't think I would like this as I was reading the beginning but I do. I am laughing! :-)
ReplyDeleteI thought this was soooo right! My lawyer side would love it and my ironic side is cacklin' and my half-off-in-the-head side says, oh yeah, this is a Dave post for sure!
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Looks like the judge was the smartest man in town - probably an appointed judge from outside the state. I have always enjoyed the irony that the faithful, who are so quick to see the judgement of God in so many events, always proclaim instantly their determination to rebuild, when a church is struck by lightning.
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