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Originally Posted by InfiniteNow
These religious grounds, do they differ somehow from earth grounds or equipment grounds? 
God's favorite smiting tool is lightning... maybe the church clerics had something to hide?  |
You hoist me on my own petard!?
I acknowledge your adept wordsmithery.
In point of fact, at the time of Franklin's invention the tallest buildings in Europe (and the US) were churches. When a thunderstorm approached, the habit was to send bell-ringers into the church to peel out a warning and as a result many were struck by lightning and killed. Only when the puplic complained did the churchy's stop the practice, but they continued to protest Franklin's rod. Spare the rod and spoil the child, or burn him to a frazzle.
