A Difficult Judgment -We believe/ Or Not

A Difficult Judgment

In a small town, a person decided to open up his Bar business,
which was right opposite to the Temple . The Temple & its
congregation started a campaign to block the Bar 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 Bar and it was burnt to the ground.


The temple folks were rather smug in their outlook after that,
till the Bar owner sued the Temple authorities on the grounds
that the Temple through its congregation & prayers was
ultimately responsible for the demise of his bar shop, either
through direct or indirect actions or means.


In its reply to the court, the temple vehemently denied all
responsibility or any connection that their prayers were
reasons to the bar shop's demise. 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 bar owner who believes in the
power of prayer and we have an entire temple and its devotees
that doesn't."