While this story is an exaggeration, it’s true in how some Christians/Church’s would act.
In a small, Midwestern town, owners of a new tavern started a building to open up their business. The local Baptist church started a campaign with petitions and prayers to block the bar from opening.
Work progressed, however, right up until the week before opening, when a lightning strike hit the bar and it burned to the ground.
The church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, until the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the church was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building, either through direct or indirect actions or means.
The church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building's demise in its answer to the court.
As the case made its way into court, the judge looked over the pleadings at the hearing and commented, "I don't know how I'm going to decide this, but as it appears from the paperwork, we have a bar owner that believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that does not."
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