Faith and the Rescued Chilean Miners (President of Chile invoking God & prayer meetings underground)

American Thinker ^ | 10/15/2010 | Janice Shaw Crouse

[Coldwater Creek]

Here is a another great account!

Maria

[mckenzie7]

Thank you for the post.

Amen!

[Humal]

THE article of the week IMO. This is such an inspiration I have forwarded it to many others. “Mario Sepulveda, an ebullient man and the second to emerge from the bullet-shaped rescue tube, said, “I was with God. I was with the Devil. God and the devil were fighting over me, and God won.”

[xenob]

Good article... I joked with my wife... NASA does all this research on people and the mental hardships faced with deep space travel. I say problem solved, send Latin American Catholics. Tough as nails they are... We have grown weak and soulless.

[newheart]

Chilean President Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique, Ph.D, declared that what "started as a possible tragedy" ended up "as a real blessing from God."

I can imagine two scenarios in the U.S.

Barack Obama taking credit himself by declaring that he and his administration had pulled the miners out of the deepest hole since the depression.

Alternatively, any other U.S. president making a statement similar to the Chilean president's would have been met with calls for impeachment and lawsuits from the ACLU.

[caww]

So amazing is our God...the idea they included God as 34 in that deep pit....just amazing....and how perfect the rescue went...not a hitch!.......

“There is no pit so deep that He is not deeper still”.....(Corrie T.B.)

[SeekAndFind]

RE: “I was with God. I was with the Devil. God and the devil were fighting over me, and God won.”

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ONE THING IS CERTAIN -— GOD ALWAYS WINS.

[vanilla swirl]

God got them out!

[SeekAndFind]

Some interesting background on the Religious Demographics of Chile...

From Wikipedia ( very well referenced. My Comments added in parenthesis )

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In the most recent census (2002), 70 percent of the population over age 14 identified as Roman Catholic and 15.1 percent as evangelical.

In the census, the term “evangelical” referred to all non-Catholic Christian churches with the exception of the Orthodox Church (Greek, Persian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and Armenian), the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), Seventh-day Adventists, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Approximately 90 percent of evangelicals are Pentecostal. Wesleyan, Lutheran, Reformed Evangelical, Presbyterian, Anglican, Episcopalian, Baptist and Methodist churches are also present.

Irreligious people, atheists and agnostics, account for around 8% of the population ( in the USA, we have a higher percentage of irreligious people, atheists and agnostics, close to 15% ).

The Chilean Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and other laws and policies contribute to the generally free practice of religion. The law at all levels protects this right in full against abuse, either by governmental or private actors.

Church and state are officially separate in Chile. The 1999 law on religion prohibits religious discrimination. However, the Catholic Church enjoys a privileged status and occasionally receives preferential treatment.

Government officials attend Catholic events as well as major Protestant and Jewish ceremonies.

The Government-observed religious holidays include Christmas, Good Friday, the Feast of the Virgin of Carmen, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the Feast of the Assumption, All Saints’ Day, and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception as national holidays.

The government has recently declared October 31, Reformation Day, a public national holiday, in honor of the Protestant churches of the country ( I have been told by a Roman Catholic priest, a Jesuit, that evangelicals are the fastest growing religious group in the country ).

[Coldwater Creek]

The word is slowly leaking out. Here is a great account from the American Spectator.

My question is why isn’t the “preacher” Glenn Beck talking about this?

[wmfights]

Maybe he hasn't heard, or he might not want to report about a bunch of Baptists.

[Coldwater Creek]

Probably the latter!

[caww]

The government has recently declared October 31, Reformation Day, a public national holiday, in honor of the Protestant churches of the country ( I have been told by a Roman Catholic priest, a Jesuit, that evangelicals are the fastest growing religious group in the country ).

Good news! Chileans do not have the concerns our nation does in fearing the mention of God might "offend" someone. They have more freedom in that respect then we do

Love Corries quote: "There is no pit so deep He is not deeper still"......these miners know the full truth of this.

[wmfights]

I think you're right.

The media has ignored this huge part of the story. It's like they think it will go away if they don't talk about it. It won't. We know the truth.

[caww]

The government has recently declared October 31, Reformation Day, a public national holiday, in honor of the Protestant churches of the country ( I have been told by a Roman Catholic priest, a Jesuit, that evangelicals are the fastest growing religious group in the country ).

Good news! Chileans do not have the concerns our nation does in fearing the mention of God might "offend" someone. They have more freedom in that respect then we do

Love Corries quote: "There is no pit so deep He is not deeper still"......these miners know the full truth of this.

[rhema]

Jimmy Sanchez, one of the outspoken believers, said, "There are actually 34 of us, because God has never left us down here."

[Taggart_D]

great article

[little jeremiah]

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How refreshing and inspiring to read of the public expressions of dependence on and faith in God - from the President, to the rescuers, to the miners. Unashamed and unafraid to admit their dependence on God - examples for everyone - Who to turn to in times of trouble and danger, which we all will face one day at death, if not sooner.

[SoCal SoCon]

I say problem solved, send Latin American Catholics. Tough as nails they are

So true. I have lived in Latin America for a while. They have a moral center that wipes the board with anything we have. I am a fairly religious person by CA standards but these miners put me to shame. God bless them.