In article <1136443700.633886.188340@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, 
elgersmad@rock.com says...

Mark 11:24

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you
have received it, and it will be yours.

You know, lying like that never worked for the missionaries either.

No matter who asked for what in prayer,
and No matter who believed what.

Accidentally,  a whole Church full of Believers is told that all but
one of the coal miners are dead.  They all believe that the prayers
that they've been praying have been answered, which, complies with the
scripture if you want an answer, and no matter what the hell is written
in the Bible, even what's in Black and White don't work.

Jesus Christ, is Bullshit.

In light of the recent incident in the world news, it is best to put it into
a detached and unemotional content as possible, so as to see with eyes
unclouded about the situation.

Following the timeline of events, I guess it happened like this?
Miners were trapped underground, families were informed about this,
they started their non-stop prayers - after a time, news finally came
that all were saved except one? However that news was not correct.
That all were killed except one. That it took 3 hours before the news
was corrected.

Not all prayers to 'God' work. You can work this out all by yourself,
without the above incident. Because if all prayers were answered, Christianity
would be the number one religion, with proof of prayers, same for other
religions who also use prayer.
Even a 10 year old can work this one for themself.
That would be a bright 10 year old though.

Harvey