i disagree! praying makes a lot of sense. people pray to a god, because they want things to change, that they can't change themselves. that makes sense to me.
now, that praying is completely useless is a whole other matter
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
- George Orwell, ‘1984’