I agree. Sometimes when I read a Christian biography, I like to pray for the person I am reading about because I know God would know about my prayer before the person in biography was even born.
I know, I'm a little weird haha
This is making an assumption that God is willing, or even logically able, to answer your prayers before you are actually born.
I don't think this is tenable, either biblically or philosophically.
God places us into temporal, linear time...
that is where he placed us, and what he created for us to live in.
Everything in scripture deals with man according to this temporal, linear time... and in no other way.
I think that if you have the personal habit of praying for dead people and assuming God looks into the future and answers your prayers before you are born... ummm.... I don't suppose that it's hurting anything.
But... I don't think there is any support for it either biblically or philosophically.
In fact, I think it may actually be to misunderstand the significance of creation... and misunderstand the SIGNIFICANCE of the particular dimensions of time and space which God INTENTIONALLY put mankind into.
So I certainly wouldn't want anyone to think it's in the bible.
I don't think it works either theologically or philosophically.
I'm sure you're a nice person.
If you're here to talk about Calvinism, that's fine, and I'm sure you only have good intentions.
But I wouldn't want anyone to assume this is how God deals with prayer...
because we ONLY have indications in scripture that God deals with prayer according to the normal dimension of temporal, linear time which he placed us into.