If God gave us freedom, and He doesn't directly intervene with what is going on here on Earth, then what's the use of prayers? What's the use of asking God to make the storm miss our place, to stop the volcano from spewing out lava and ashes, and to make our work better and more tolerable? Here's a bit of statistics: There are 6.93 billion people around the world. Even if only 10% of this number prays and asks for less calamity and hardships, it is still a whopping 693 million individual persons praying to one God (with different names) for one single thing: world peace. So the question remains: with God's omnipotence and immeasurable mercy, why do the following, among others, still exist: It is estimated that globally, there are 16 million thunderstorms each year. About 50-60 volcanoes erupt every year. 20-30 are effusive (lava flows), another 20-30 are explosive. Out of 2,207 work-related suicides in 2007 (in Japan), the most common reason (672 suicides) w