The use of inanimate objects when praying can ONLY be viewed as mediums.
Where does the Jewish Tanak state to give the nod to a stone wall when praying to God?
The Lord's Prayer informs the reader to go into his bedroom and close the door and then pray in PRIVATE.
God has no need for you to pray to Him though a material medium...come on...[/QUOTE]When I pray in my bed at home, my bed is not a medium. When I am under my prayer shawl in prayer, my prayer shawl is NOT a medium. When I am kneeling before the altar at church, the bench I am kneeling on, or the altar is NOT a medium. Where are you when you pray? Is where you are your medium? If it is then that is you, others aren't like that.