The only irrational thing is that RCC folks pray to someone who's not omniscient and who can do nothing for them because she can't hear them.
People here, like your example of someone's mother, is actually able to hear you and to pray DIRECTLY TO GOD.
Big difference.
Hoss
With Magic Thinking, anything is possible don’tchaknow. But The RCC don’t like it when you expose the vacuous nature of their rituals. They have their secret pride at stake!