Perspective

In a small mid-western conservative town, a new bar started construction of a new building across the street from a church.

The 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, 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 buildings demise in its reply to the court.

As the case made it's way into court, the judge looked over the paperwork and at the hearing and said, "I don't know how I'm going to decide this. It appears we have a bar owner that believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that doesn't!