text: One other question:
  You point out that 'It is completely natural for a Christian to pray to God when a time of crisis or need arises', yet you also state that 'If God intervened in situations, he would undermine our free will and we would become mere robots'.
  So what exactly is the point of praying to god in a time of crisis? Either he not going to intervene - meaning you are wasting time that could be spent properly dealing with the crisis - or he is going to intervene, thereby undermining your free will.