It turns out that despite widespread atheism and agnosticism, people still do believe in the powers of petitioning God with prayer, and that God would act on the behalf of people in a war. Behold:

I wonder why people pray on Sunday...don't they know it's god's day off? How rude is that?

And how come people NEVER pray to be smarter? (There's an oxymoron in there somewhere.)

And if I pray for something that's against god's will, will it happen? Probably not. But if I pray for something that IS god's will already, won't it happen anyway?

Am I liable, by way of karma, if I pray for god to smote mine enemy's ass, and he does it? And if mine enemy prays to have my ass smote, and it happens, are they liable, too, via karma? Because the Jews, Christians, and Muslims keep smiting each other's ass in the name of the Lord, so...I was just wondering...how come people NEVER pray to be smarter?

'Cause doesn't prayer work?