God doesn't care.

I agree with Crash in that these people didn't even know the people they were praying for. The article doesn't make it sound like they even went in to meet these people they were supposed to pray for. I'm also wondering if they were like given a list of names and told "Hey, pray for this person, kkthx" or just told to pray for people that were getting the surgery done. The article is really vague.

Edit: Ok, so I didn't realize until just now that the article was linked. My bad. It does say in there that they were given a list with first names and last initial.

I don't really know how effective I think prayer is, but I'd really imagine that if it were to have any power you need to have some sort of connection with the person you're praying for.

Jam it back in, in the dark.