[Conservative til I die]

And I still think it is kinda tacky praying to all all just merciful etc etc being to help Him make up His mind. Implies he can be swayed

Of course God cannot be swayed by us in the sense that we have any control over Him. Prayer is ultimately an irreducible mystery in which we are commanded to participate.

Exactly. If it's pointless to pray for the dead based on uncbob's logic above, then it's just as pointless to pray for the living too.

[uncbob]

Exactly. If it's pointless to pray for the dead based on uncbob's logic above, then it's just as pointless to pray for the living too.

I agree It doesn't make any sense either