[BITList] A Judge's Dilemma

[franka]

A very true statement

*Subject:*  A Judge's Dilemma

"In a small town, a person decided to open up a brothel, which was right 
opposite to a church. The church and its congregation started a campaign 
to block the brothel 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 brothel and it was burnt to the ground. The church folks were 
rather smug in the outlook after that, till the brothel owner sued the 
church authorities on the grounds that the church through its 
congregation and prayers was ultimately responsible for the destruction 
of his brothel, either through direct or indirect actions or means. In 
its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all responsibility 
or any connection that their prayers were reasons for the act of God.
*As the case was on its way into the court, the judge looked over the 
paperwork at the hearing and commented: "I don't how I'm going to decide 
this case, but it appears from the paperwork, we have a brothel owner 
who believes in the power of prayer and we have an entire church that 
doesn't".*



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