The Power of Prayer and Belief Influenced by Legal Outcomes
When considering how legal outcomes may affect beliefs (think experts opining on general causation in the face of a lack of science), it is interesting to consider not just science but pure belief.
A beer joint in a small Texas town built an addition. A congregation prayed that it not be built. Lightning struck. The church rejoiced, firm in the belief of the power of prayer. The bar owner sued the church for causing, directly or indirectly, the lightning strike which smote his expansion. The church then denied the power of prayer. No really. True story.
Let’s again consider general causation and the power of process of elimination causation determinations.
