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06-04-2012, 02:29 PM
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Texas Bar vs. Texas Church
TEXAS BEER JOINT SUES LOCAL CHURCH OVER LIGHTNING STRIKE!
(This should keep you chuckling for awhile)
A bar called Drummond's (in Mt Vernon, Texas ) began construction on an expansion of their building, hoping to "grow" their business.
In response, the local Southern Baptist Church started a campaign to block the bar from expanding - petitions, prayers, etc.
About a week before the bar's grand re-opening, a bolt of lightning struck the bar and burned it to the ground!
Afterward, the church folks were rather smug - bragging about "the power of prayer".
The angry bar owner eventually sued the church on grounds that the church... "Was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building, through direct actions or indirect means."
Of course, the church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building's demise.
The judge read carefully through the plaintiff's complaint and the defendant's reply.
He then opened the hearing by saying:
"I don't know how I'm going to decide this, but it appears from the paperwork that what we have here is a bar owner who now believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that does not."
Not sure if this is a true story, but does pose an interesting dilemma!!
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06-04-2012, 02:45 PM
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Re: Texas Bar vs. Texas Church
Mt. Vernon is not too far from here. BTW, the bar lost.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
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He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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06-04-2012, 02:45 PM
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Re: Texas Bar vs. Texas Church
great story.
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06-04-2012, 02:47 PM
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Re: Texas Bar vs. Texas Church
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Originally Posted by Cindy
Mt. Vernon is not too far from here. BTW, the bar lost.
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I'm not sure that was the right verdict!
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06-04-2012, 02:49 PM
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Re: Texas Bar vs. Texas Church
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Originally Posted by Michael Phelps
I'm not sure that was the right verdict!
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We get a lot of lightning around here.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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06-04-2012, 02:57 PM
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Re: Texas Bar vs. Texas Church
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Originally Posted by Michael Phelps
TEXAS BEER JOINT SUES LOCAL CHURCH OVER LIGHTNING STRIKE!
(This should keep you chuckling for awhile)
A bar called Drummond's (in Mt Vernon, Texas ) began construction on an expansion of their building, hoping to "grow" their business.
In response, the local Southern Baptist Church started a campaign to block the bar from expanding - petitions, prayers, etc.
About a week before the bar's grand re-opening, a bolt of lightning struck the bar and burned it to the ground!
Afterward, the church folks were rather smug - bragging about "the power of prayer".
The angry bar owner eventually sued the church on grounds that the church... "Was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building, through direct actions or indirect means."
Of course, the church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building's demise.
The judge read carefully through the plaintiff's complaint and the defendant's reply.
He then opened the hearing by saying:
"I don't know how I'm going to decide this, but it appears from the paperwork that what we have here is a bar owner who now believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that does not."
Not sure if this is a true story, but does pose an interesting dilemma!!
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Total dilemma! LOL! If the church were found to be guilty, the court is admitting there is a God. The ACLU will choke on that one. 
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06-04-2012, 03:28 PM
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Re: Texas Bar vs. Texas Church
That isn't the a true account of the lawsuit. Good grief.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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06-04-2012, 03:35 PM
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Re: Texas Bar vs. Texas Church
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Originally Posted by Cindy
That isn't the a true account of the lawsuit. Good grief.
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According to Snopes, it's not really a true story. When MP posted the info, I kept thinking I had heard that story before and wondered if it was old. It seems that it is.
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06-04-2012, 03:48 PM
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Re: Texas Bar vs. Texas Church
That was just funny! I have heard such stories before, and some of them are true.
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06-04-2012, 04:20 PM
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Re: Texas Bar vs. Texas Church
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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
According to Snopes, it's not really a true story. When MP posted the info, I kept thinking I had heard that story before and wondered if it was old. It seems that it is.
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There was a lawsuit, but it was about zoning laws not the joke in Mike's account.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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