TEXAS BEER JOINT SUES CHURCH over LIGHTNING STRIKE!

[HarveyDarkey]

Nothing in Snopes about this but it's an interesting story if true. There were a number of blogs which reported it in a Google search. Please comment if you know any details or the veracity of the story.

ONLY IN TEXAS ... Texas Beer Joint Sues Church in MT.Vernon, Texas . Drummond's Bar began construction on an expansion of their building to increase their business. In response, the local Baptist Church started a campaign with petitions and prayers to block the bar from expanding. Work progressed right up until the week before the grand reopening when lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground! After it was burned to the ground by the lightning strike, the church folks were rather smug in their outlook, bragging about "the power of prayer", 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." In its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building's demise. The judge read through the plaintiff's complaint and the defendant's reply, and at the opening hearing he commented, "I don't know how I'm going to decide this, but it appears from the paperwork that we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that now does not."

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/612418-texas-beer-joint-sues-church-over-lightning-strike

[Taverner]

1. They can't win, but I love where this is going....

:popcorn:

[virgogal]

2. This is right from "The devil made me do it" school of thought.

Ya gotta love it.

[Renew Deal]

3. Now that's funny

:rofl:

[musette_sf]

4. The "veracity" part I want to know is,

is it an ice house ("beer joint"), or is it a bar? There is a difference.

[Jumping John]

5. In Texas you can not sue and win for 'Acts of God' - My Mom was burning trash when

a blue norther swept in and started a grass fire that quickly moved to Kirby Company's (big lumber and timber company) timber land. The fire burned 200 acres. My folks got a bill from Kirby for $2000 that my Dad refused to pay. Kirby filed suit in small claims court. The Justice of the Peace heard the case and found in favor of my folks saying they could not be held liable for 'an act of God.'

[david13]

6. I don't know if this is true or not. But I need to comment anyway.

Ha ha ha. I love the story, true or not.
dc

[tpsbmam]

7. Snopes

Apparently not true. Damn! I really loved this story, :rofl:

http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/prayer.asp

This one has been around since about 2007 and was reported to be in a Midwestern town at one time.


Ed to erase errant exclamation point.

[jwirr]

8. As an old beer drinking Lutheran this really strikes me as funny. nt