Intercessory prayer is pointless

[robvalue]

It is absolutely bizarre to me. Even as a young child I was dumbfounded by the idea.

I just realized what it actually is: passive aggression at God.

"I hope X is part of your plan. If it is, then do it. If it isn't, then don't do it. In other words, just do whatever you were going to do if I hadn't made this prayer. But, you know, I really hope it happens. You know what you're doing though. Just pretend I'm not here."