Why did Christ pray to His Father? Christ was a man, too, don't forget.
Course if you create God in the image and likeness of man with all the traits of a human then it makes sense
But God created God in the image and likeness of man - in Jesus. I suppose he had a lot of options, don't you? But man needed redeeming and forgiving. Jesus died for the sinners, not the saints. Like I said, it's a tough mystery but it's at the heart of Christianity, and I don't dare question it. I somehow suspect that God holds to a higher standard those who have heard Jesus' words and rejected and parsed them than those who were brought up to hate them. I believe we have a right to administer human justice and should, but I don't beg for damnation for anyone.