the flip side

Can we forget about Ashley Smith? Yes, she was fortunate. She managed to avoid being killed by a man who had killed four other people in the previous twenty-four hours. From the non-stop news coverage, it appeared that "reporters" who would have us take them seriously for their "objective" views want us to believe that little Ashley (who seems to be self-servingly milking her fifteen minutes for all its' worth while trying to appear that she isn't) survived her hideous ordeal of breakfast preparation and quiet conversation as a result of her avowed religious convictions, not because she managed to follow some of the basic principles of surviving a hostage situation.

So, if she survived because she prayed so hard, doesn't that mean that the other four people who were killed must not have been praying properly, if at all?