I would like to respectfully request that requests for prayers be moved to the way off topic category, just like posts concerning politics are. While we all have a love of bicycling, we differ dramatically in our views of religion and politics.

Please don't take this the wrong way. While of course I hope your friend recovers, I do not believe for a minute that anything any of us think or post will have any effect on the outcome. Not only am I an atheist, but I believe that people's reliance on religion over logic has created many of the problems our society is currently facing. So personally I find posts that allude to religion offensive. Sure, I don't have to open these threads, but for me it would be easier if they were posted in the way off topic section.