Letter: God was there

José Henríquez led his fellow miners in prayer every evening of their entombment. When Mario Sepulveda emerged from the mine he said: "I was with God and I was with the Devil, they fought me, but God won. He took me by my best hand, the hand of God and I held on to him. I never thought for one minute that God wouldn't get me out of there."

Others knelt in prayerful thanks on reaching the surface. Chilean president Sebastian Piera thanked God for the blessings and faith he and the men experienced throughout the ordeal.

With astonishing arrogance Andrew Morton (Letters, 19 October) makes no mention of these facts. His reasoning is unscientific.

Even sniffy Sally Magnusson referred to the "religious" aspect of the rescue on BBC radio last Sunday morning.

Christian testimony has the nature of witness in a court of law. Most of human life takes place outside laboratories.

(Rev Dr) Robert Anderson

Blackburn & Seafield Church

MacDonald Gardens

Blackburn, West Lothian