john tempelton was a believer. his foundation has funded many studies on prayer. so far all results have been negitive even though they were done by a religious group. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/health/31pray.html Prayers offered by strangers had no effect on the recovery of people who were undergoing heart surgery, a large and long-awaited study has found. And patients who knew they were being prayed for had a higher rate of post-operative complications like abnormal heart rhythms, perhaps because of the expectations the prayers created, the researchers suggested. Because it is the most scientifically rigorous investigation of whether prayer can heal illness, the study, begun almost a decade ago and involving more than 1,800 patients, has for years been the subject of speculation.
Seriously though, isn't it a bit worrying to be thinking an imaginary friend is looking out for you, past say the age of 10 years old ?