"power of prayer"

this "power of prayer" crap is nonsense.

i guess i am saying i don't believe in prayer anymore.

whats meant to happen will happen, regardless of how hard we pray.

i guess you probably need some context here. i just saw someone on my newsfeed say on their friends status "praying for you!!!". that status was talking about how they knew someone who was in a 4 
wheeler accident and how there was bleeding on the brain and the person he was with didn't make it and they were asking for prayers because they believe in the power of prayer.

well i'm sorry, but if there was power in prayer, if it really was left to us as mortals and how "hard we prayed", then i'm pretty sure evan would still be alive.

the only other alternative is that people weren't praying hard enough when WE were asking for prayers the night of the accident and i refuse to believe that that was the scenario.

is there are grey area for prayer? i always thought it was black and white. either god is going to save someone or call them "home". he's not gonna sit back and wait to see how "hard people pray" before making a decision to keep someone alive or not.

and that's just my two-cents.