re: People can believe what they want
While I agree that people become religious nuts and little "gods" of their own passing their moral jusgement on others; there's a big difference between them and those that have "faith". Prayers to some are nothing more than "affirmations"; where they talk to themselves to something outside of themselves for a positive or comforting result, ....as athletes do just before a game, or a nervous speakers says outloud before he goes on stage.
I think of football teams building up "positive energy" through prayer or whatever they say in a huddle with their coach before a game. There's a BIG difference there, Art. And you rankle some here by putting both groups together.