Moslems think they’re praying straight to “God”. So do the Jews.
Is that sufficient for you?
Muslims pray to Allah...who is not Jehovah.
Is that sufficient for you?
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: “ ‘Father,hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Luke 11:2
9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Matthew 6:9
Let your requests be made known to God...Phil 4:6
14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 1 John 5:14
12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. Jer 29:11
6 I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. Psalm 17:6
18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18
The Christian knows Who they are praying to.
Again I'll ask...will you accept the challenge?
That's nowhere near an answer. It's a deflection and a rabbit trail, but it's not an answer.
What's the big deal that Catholics balk at prayingh to the Father as Jesus commanded?
Luke 11:1-13 Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” And he said to them, “When you pray, say:
“Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”
And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Don't y'all believe that God will answer as Jesus promised?
These folks have NOT thanked you Catholics for preserving the words of the early church like we prots do.
Too bad they are NOT sufficient for the church of today.