A Difficult Judgment

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Posted by: " * Vinay * " vinayspandey

Thu Jul 3, 2008 7:40 pm (PDT)

 

A Difficult Judgment

 

In a small town in India, 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.'