“They are asking me to pray for his recovery”

The other day one of my atheist  friend called me. The conversation went on like this.

Friend: “Doctor, I want you to take care of my son. I am bringing him to your hospital.”

Me: “Hey wait, that may not be a good move. Your city has much better facilities than mine. What happened ?”

Friend: “My son is admitted here for last 3 days with Dengue fever. He is not getting better. I feel the doctors here do not know their job. They are asking me to pray for his recovery. Any one who has studied science should know prayers are useless.”

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