In the world of psychology, prayer is the same as the self-fulfilling prophecy... that is, if it happens. If it doesn't it's got a whole other term (I dunno where my psych book is). Point is, by praying, (you can convince yourself you're actually talking to God all you want), but you're actually just talking to yourself in a sense that boosts a chance of your mind preparing to make it happen. For instance, pray that you want to ace a test tomorrow, your mind will start to do everything it can to make sure you pass that test because you're desperate enough for it. Of course, this applies to internal issues. As for outside issues, like, praying for the baby next door to be OK, or praying for your brother in Iraq to come home alive, it's really all just chance. Because then, what if the opposite happens? People that pray just choose to ignore the negatives that happen throwing off the ratio of praying working pretty massively.

Prayers are definately nonsensical and useless in every way you look at it.

You cannot wish your problems away nor can you wish for no problems.

If prayers do work, i guess everyone will be god right now.

Prayers are definately nonsensce and i don't see how they work.

The Law Of Karma condemns the very existance of the god that creates everything in 7 days.

If there is a creator then there sure is bound to have a creator of the creator.

So when god isn't true and is just a myth, so does prayers and holy water.

If holy water and prayers truly work, i am already in heaven...

Positive thinking is proven to be beneficial to health, not hard to see why. You're better off (in all forms) being happy than miserable.

But prayer is not positive thinking, it's wishful thinking, it's the acknowledgment of powerlessness.

You are no better praying than not, well except for the lost time and false hope.