In a small town, a person decided to open up a brothel, which was right
opposite to a church. The church & its congregation started a campaign to
block the brothel from opening with petitions and prayed daily against his business.
Work progressed. However, when it was almost complete and was about to
Open a few days later, a strong lightning struck the brothel and it was burnt to the ground.
The church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, till the
brothel owner sued the church authorities on the grounds that the church
through its congregation & prayers was ultimately responsible for the
destruction of his brothel, either through direct or indirect actions or means.
In its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all responsibility
or any connection that their prayers were reasons for the act of God. 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 case, but it appears from the paperwork,
we have a brothel owner who believes in the power of prayer and we have an etire church doesn't.'
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