...the fact of people praying for me, and the profound effect that that knowledge had on me, that convinced me of that power

You just made my point for me...you believed in its power.

maire-anne put her finger on why unsolicited prayer bothers me. It is a very personal thing for me and very specific. I do not want anyone, other than myself, deciding what they think is best for me and praying for that. Besides which I don't pray. I meditate and I give thanks, but I don't pray. Like a lot of Native American spiritual beliefs, I give thanks for the chosen outcome and I always qualify it with "this or something better for the highest good of all concerned." See? Specific and, to me, very important.

As Jacqui and others have said, the religion thing really doesn't matter in this case. She broke a rule of employment, for a second time, after being warned. That is what matters.