AN ATHEIST SUES CHRISTIANS OVER PRAYER

There was a small town that had two churches and one distillery.
Members of both churches complained that the distillery gave the
community a bad image. To make matters worse, the owner of the
distillery was an atheist.
They had tried for years to shut down the place but had always
been unsuccessful. Finally, they decided to hold a joint Saturday
night prayer meeting and ask God to intervene and settle the matter
once and for all.
Saturday night came, the church folks all gathered together, and
all through the prayer meeting a terrible electrical storm raged.
To the delight of the church members lightening struck the
distillery and it burned to the ground.
The next morning the sermon in both churches were on the power of
prayer. Fire insurance adjusters promptly notified the distillery
owner that they would not pay for his damages. The fire was caused
by an act of God, they said, and coverage for "acts of God," was
excluded from his policy.
the owner of the distillery was infuriated and decided to sue the
churches-claiming they had conspired with God to destroy his
building and business. The defendants absolutely denied that they
had anything to do with the cause of the fire.
The judge in charge of the case opened the trial with these words:
"I find one thing about this case that is confusing. We
have a situation here where the plaintiff, an atheist, is professing
his belief in the power of prayer, and the defendants, all faithful
church members, are denying that very same power."
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