No, I don't believe in the power of prayer. I'm not saying it can't be real, but I seriously doubt it. I've heard no reason to believe it makes a difference. People talk about how praying saved a life, but what about those it doesn't save? I remember a story in the news a few months ago, where a little girl died from a random bullet, while her infant brother didn't. People said God saved him. Then why didn't God save the girl?

I've heard so many adults who were raped and molested as kids, who said they prayed night after night, that Daddy or Uncle Bill wouldn't come back that night and do it again, but it happened again and again.

Just because someone survives, doesn't make it a miracle. It makes perfect sense that some people will get lucky or be hit/shot/harmed in a way that doesn't destroy them. When people say a person who missed being shot was saved by God, that's like saying that every bullet would hit a person if it weren't for God. I just don't buy it.

I'm not saying God doesn't exist (or Goddess[es]); but my theory (and it's only a theory), in short, is, if S/He/They exist(s), S/He/They set things in motion in the beginning, and what gets us into Heaven or Hell (if those exist) is how we react to the things that happen to us.

My theories and beliefs can be confusing to others, but they make sense to me.