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The Bar vs. The Baptists

Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by gb93433, Mar 17, 2009.

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  1. gb93433

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    In a small midwestern conservative town, a business owner began to construct a building for a new bar. The local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions and prayers.

    Work progressed, however, right up until 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.

    In its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building'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, but as it appears from the paperwork, we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that doesn't!"

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    This reminds me of the church that gathered together during a drought to pray for rain, and the only person who brought an umbrella was a small child. Apparently, that child was the only one who believed that God would answer their prayer.

    Also, in my home city there was a "house of prostitution" and a church next door to each other. The battle went on for a long time before the church closed. Apparently, the faith of those people was no stronger than the ones praying for rain.
     
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