"One thing people often do is to judge others from their own perceived 'moral high ground' and then attempt to change and manipulate others through prayer. ("I pray that John Doe may turn to religion and see that his way is wrong and mine is right.") Or, they pray that a person change his or her mind to think in a way the pray-er does, whether it is anti-abortion or antiwar. This is very wrong and is actually a very dark kind of magic. We should pray only that others are helped, inspired, and guided, and should definitely never use prayer to change another person's mind."

Quotation taken from page 93 of their book "Power Prayer"
copyright (c) 2004
By Chrissie Blaze and Gary Blaze