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Blog Entry 2 of 5 HUMAN: The Supreme Animal
The Human animal and his Creator alone possess the capacity to create humor. Irony is one of its forms.

TEXAS Bar Sues Church
Contributed by: Monte D Tucker   on 7/22/2008

(Source was unidentified in copy sent to me. If anyone knows source, let me know so I can acknowledge them.)

In a small Texas town (Mt. Vernon), Drummond's bar began construction on a new building to increase their business. The local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions and prayers. Work progressed right up till the week before opening when lightning struck 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 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 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 does not.'
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Great laugh. That is truly the old saying "Truth is stranger than fiction."

P.S. - Someone needs to tell the judge God is autonomous and responds to prayer only in His omnipotence. E.g. the bar should be suing God, not His representatives. Perhaps the Church may be held accountable to the "BAR" association for alleged malpractice. (pun intended).

However, that would be up to the Church's client, e.g. God. The Church is merely its Client's "mouthpiece". At the very least, communications with their Client would appear privilaged communication and not subject to 3rd party lawsuit.



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Monte D Tucker

Castle Rock , CO

Monte D Tucker has posted 5 blog entries and 5 comments since joining on 4/3/2008. Monte D Tucker 's average blog rating is 5.
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