I accept that I may be wrong I never said otherwise. It is just the fact that so many people have definite beliefs based on nothing more than just a belief. They refuse to listen to reason and call everyone else a heretic. I am always open to intelligent points of view however.
Re prayers.... apart from giving a person a false sense of hope and inner calmness which can be achieved with breathing excercises I cannot see any benefits. There is never any acknowledgement and few if any ever get answered. Perhaps if there is a god he should pray to me for forgiveness. Whilst I am not perfect by any means I think morally he has more to answer for than me. I am not trying to sound smart. I just cannot imagine how such a perfect being can make so many mistakes and cause or at least allow/condone all the suffering and bloodshed.