Your Name Here=Harvey wrote:

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

John 19:30
When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With
that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Luke 23: 46
Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit
my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last.

Mark 15:34
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi,
lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me?"

Mark 15:37
With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.

Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama
sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Matthew 27:50
And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his
spirit.

Matthew 20:16
"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."

He couldn't win to make himself the center of right and wrong, and
having refused to instruct the people on how they ought to raise their
children, his antics, magic act, displays, and his will to one day be
God, were thrown out of heaven.  Why, as follows.

Proverbs 22:6
Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not
turn from it.

Where wisdom is only advice, priorities are set by law, and there is
nothing unwise in the law or obeying it.