In one small American town, a certain businessman decided to open a tavern. The trouble is that it was located on the same street as the church.
Naturally, the church leadership was not happy with this, and at every sermon it called on the townspeople to oppose it and pray that God would punish the negligent businessman.
The day before the announced opening of the tavern, there was a severe thunderstorm, lightning struck the tavern and it burned to the ground.
The churchmen were happy, but not for long - the owner of the tavern filed a lawsuit against them demanding compensation for damages.
They, naturally, denied everything. After listening to both sides, the judge remarked: “I still don’t know what verdict to make, but from the materials of the case it follows that some tavern owner believes in the power of prayer, but for some reason the entire church leadership does not...”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru