Power of Prayer denied by Church

In a small mid western conservative town, a new 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, 'till
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 building's demise in its reply
to the court.

As the case made its way into court, the judge looked over the
paperwork at the hearing and commented,  "I don't know how I'm going to

decide this, but as it appears from the paperwork, we have a bar owner
that believes in the power of prayer and an entire church congregation
that doesn't!"