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Thanks for the elaborate reply, ejonesie22.

I understand your motivation for not wanting to understand the ‘why’ part of why Jesus prayed to God if they are both the same, but to me, I simply cannot ignore a very blatant self-contradiction in the nature of the situation.

You say Jesus had a “separation” with God and that is why he prayed to God, but this is an assumption which might raise further questions than answers. In fact, it might even be objectionable to Christians.

Actually it is not objectionable at all. The Bible clearly says Jesus prayed to God which is very contradictory if one holds Jesus as Divine, the Bible as the word of God and that it is very clear there is only ONE God. Describe it how one may, a “separation” of a sort which is my term,on I have acquired over time or what have you.

As far as why, it is the WHY I said I understood, the HOW is the issue. I will learn that when I finally have my time. The why is easy, to be both fully human and fully God was the entire point, for both understanding us as well as making the final sacrifice. God would suffer no pain on the cross, yet there it is the Bible, there is one God and Jesus says several times he and the Father are one, that he is the great “I am”. And the Man Jesus suffered and died.

An “elaborate” reply, well if it were simple there would be no room for debate...