Health care

The power of prayer to heal the sick is medically documented and a part of many religions. I can't -- and don't want to -- envision my great-grandmother seeing someone she loved hooked up to medical machinery. But I can easily envision her praying for someone's healing.

But what about praying for someone's suffering to end?

What about not praying for someone you know is in medical trouble because you don't like that person or the person somehow "deserved" what happened due to lifestyle choices?

What about praying for someone to get better but that person just gets better enough to be medically miserable?

If prayer has power, then people who pray have responsiblity. What do you think is that responsibility? I'll put my view in the comments. I'm eager to hear yours.