When a cancer patient going through medical treatment has a relapse, if they happen to be religious, they are sure to use the word “miracle” to describe what happened. In the view of the faithful, God takes an active interest in individuals, and anything positive is credited to the big daddy in the sky. However, it must be stated that the same instinct to credit their deity with good outcomes does not extend to bad ones.

Take for instance a recent incident that occurred in the city of Ciudad Madero. Located north of Mexico City, this coastal town is known for it’s beautiful beaches and lighthouse, which attract plenty of tourists. It is now notorious for a church roof collapsing and killing at least 10 people, and injuring 60 others.

This tragedy occurred in the middle of a baptism, which meant that there were many children among the victims. As of the writing of this article, rescue workers were still trying to get to potential survivors, and I hope there will be more saved.

As bodies were being pulled out of the rubble, the familiar impotent solution of the religious was again credited with the rescue of people still trapped.

“From underneath the rubble, thanks to divine providence and the work of the rescue teams, people have been pulled out alive!” Alvarez’s diocese wrote in a statement posted on it social media accounts. “Let’s keep praying!”

Were people not praying hard enough during the ceremony to prevent this tragedy from occurring in the first place? The ones who are alive should be reluctant to thank the same deity that so poorly protected them. If I was a superstitious person (which I thankfully am not), I would start to wonder if I was praying to the right god after something like this. If anything, offering thanks to your lord for people NOT killed in his place of worship just seems weird, especially when a bunch of the victims were kids.