Me: Man, I really need to pass this test tomorrow. Can you help me out?
Religious moron: Sure, I'll pray for you.
Me: Why not just help me study? That would actually help.
Religious moron: I'm positive that the grace of God will help you pass the test.
Me: I think God is too busy with everything else in the universe to help me pass a test.
Religious moron: I'll give him a prayer anyway
Me: Why do I hang with you?
Little Billy was dying of cancer, so he prayed that God and Jesus would let him live. He died two months later possessing strong, but ultimately useless, hope. Not surprisingly, his prayer was in vain.
prayer, n.
The resulting comination of desperation and superstition used by those without the mental capacity to think their own way through something.
"I'm too confused and unable to think for myself and solve this problem so, I think I'll use prayer."
The most hypocritical way to claim helping someone without taking any risk while some others risk their lives to save Him/Her, after what you thanks GOD that is Yourself,both having done nothing useful, and not the ones that make the rescue.