Threesome Thursdays: Three cases of dead miners

With the miners’ rescue I had almost forgotten about today’s Threesome Thursday. So, let’s talk about disasters in which miners died despite all the prayers and hopes their loved ones had in God.

Pasta de Conchos, México

On February 19, 2006 a coal mine in Pasta de Conchos, Coahuila in Mexico suffered an explosion and 73 miners got trapped inside the mine. 65 died.

I have the impression that Mexicans are more devout than Chileans (after all, the Virgin Mary never appeared in Chile). Imagine all the prayers, petitions, promises made to God, Jesus and all the saints Mexicans believe in.

And then, death.

There was no miracle for the Mexicans, their bodies still there. If God saved the Chilean miners, why not the Mexicans?

Comfort, West Virginia

Time stopped five days ago for the families of 29 coal miners killed in the devastating explosion at Upper Big Branch mine.

Seven bodies were pulled from Upper Big Branch immediately after Monday's blast, but dangerous gases forced rescue crews out and it took days for them to get back in. They hoped four miners they had not accounted for might somehow have made it to a refuge chamber stocked with food, water and oxygen, but word came early Saturday that all had been found dead.

For these miners there was no miracle either. There was no God who listened to them or the prayers in their honor, to look after them and keep them as a living father should. On the contrary, a horrible dead was reserved for them, either in an explosion, or trapped in the deadly gases.

Shanxi, China

At least 38 miners have been killed in three separate accidents in China's notoriously dangerous coal mines, according to state-run media.

Twenty eight people died after an electrical cable caught fire inside the Xiaonangou mine in Shaanxi province, the Xinhua news agency reports.

According to official figures, 2,631 coal miners died in 1,616 mine accidents in China in 2009, down 18% from the previous year.

For them, there was no divine salvation either. Maybe the loving father only helps those in countries that believe in Him, but still, He left the Mexican and American miners to die. So, what kind of “loving father” are we talking about?

Today many thank God for saving those 33 miners. However, no one complains about all the others dead in different parts of the world ¿Could it be that, no matter the prayers, God only responds to his own whines and desires?

Or maybe, he doesn’t care about this world.

Or maybe, He just doesn’t exist.

Because, if there were a God, what kind of loving God is this one? And what kind of idiots thank him for a few rescued, but forget about the death of many?

And finally, I haven’t forgotten that God might have saved 33 Chileans, but killed at least 500 during the last earthquake.