deBARred POWER of a PRAYER

In a small town in India, an enterprising fellow decided to open a Bar right opposite the Temple. The Temple priest and local community were outraged and started a campaign to block the coming up of the Bar with daily congregation and prayers against the evils of a Drinking Hole. They even filed a petition in the local court.

Work however continued to progress. By the time the whole structure came up, a lightning struck the edifice and it was razed to the ground.

The temple folks and devotees were simply delighted by the benevolent act of God. The Bar owner filed a counter petition now in the same court and sued the Temple authorities for the damage and destruction caused to his property on the grounds that but for their congregations and prayers, God would not have come down mercilessly on his fate.

Scared of heavy compensation in case so decreed by the court, the temple authorities vehemently denied any responsibility for the kind act of God through their prayers.

As the case progressed, the Judge remarked, "I don't know how I'm going to decide this case, but it appears from the proceedings conducted so far that we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer and we have an entire temple and its devotees who don't.!"