The Church Vs. The Brothel.

I've heard this one in a number of variations, and actually thought it had

been posted here for years ...but I didn't find it.

So here it is again...

Diamond D's brothel began construction on an expansion of their
building to increase their ever-growing business. In response, the local
Baptist Church started a campaign to block the business from expanding
-- with morning, afternoon, and evening prayer sessions at their church.
Work on Diamond D's progressed right up until the week before the grand
reopening when lightning struck the whorehouse and burned it to the
ground!

After the cathouse fire, the church folks were rather smug in their
outlook, bragging about "the power of prayer." But late last week 'Big
Jugs' Jill Diamond, the owner/madam, sued the church, the preacher, and
the entire congregation on the grounds that the church "was ultimately
responsible for the demise of her building and her business -- either
through direct or indirect divine actions or means."

In its reply to the court, the church vehemently and voraciously
denied any and all responsibility or any connection to the building's
destruction. The crusty old judge read through the plaintiff's complaint
and the defendant's reply, and at the opening hearing he commented, "I
don't know how the hell I'm going to decide this damn case, but it
appears from the paperwork that we now have a whorehouse owner who
staunchly believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church
congregation that thinks it's all bullshit!"