I am unsure about god, it could be or could not be.
If god did make us, then who made god ? And if god was just like always around, then what-who else-has he done.
Life seems so unfair sometimes, its hard to believe there is a god who can change anything he wants too.
But then, there might very well be higher powers that we are unaware of.
My views on god and praying is it can not hurt to believe and pray. If there is a god, good, praying might help but if there is no such thing as god, why would pray hurt anybody. But not in public schools, that should just be to learn and not pray.