I’m still trying to figure out why I would pray to a saint in heaven asking for intercession when I can just pray to Jesus with my prayer request. I just eliminate the middle man, as it were.
When I ask someone to pray for me, I’m assured that they can hear me ... I have no such assurance that anyone, besides the G_d, can even hear my prayer.
Because it is completely scriptural: Revelation 8:3-4 Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God's people, on the golden altar in front of the throne.The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God's people, went up before God from the angel's hand.
Because you’re not allowed to speak to Jesus directly. See how divisive these kinds of articles are.
Sowing discord among the saints.
“I have no such assurance that anyone, besides the G_d, can even hear my prayer.”
And no number of first-hand accounts would be sufficient to move you to looking into the matter fully?