If Jesus was God, then why did he pray? I don't know much about Christianity so I was watching this video:
Is Jesus God?

I was stunned by the following things:


At the start of the debate Stanley Sjoberg says Jesus is the Son of God.
Near the 21:30 mark, the pastor mentions, "you see Jesus is not the son of God". At the beginning he said "Jesus is the son of God". After that he said "Jesus is the God" and then "Jesus is equal to God". Is he equivocating here or what is going on?
If Jesus was God, then why/to whom did he pray? How many Gods are there?
How many gods are there in Christianity? If there is a god superior/bigger than Jesus, then why are there no Church/temple for those gods? Why do people not worship them?
There is one God who has revealed himself in three persons.


The vast majority of Christians across all major sects agree that Jesus is both the Son of God and God. This has been articulated many mays, but is not easy to explain in the confines of language. He is not the "son" as is a physical offspring as the result of sexual relations, but in another sense of being "begotten". Not created (as he always existed), and not lesser than (as they are one God) but having a defined relationship in himself. This is the classic issue knows as the "Trinity"—one God in three persons, all fully God not separate beings.

We don't know (because we aren't told) exactly why God is this way, just that he is and this is how he has revealed himself to us. God himself chose to become a man, to reveal himself to us in human flesh, the God-man Jesus Christ—100% God, 100% man.

One famous articulation of this can be found in the Athanasian Creed:


  Neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance.
  
  For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit.
  
  But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is all one, the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.
  
  Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit.
  
  The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated.
  
  The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible.
  
  The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal.
  
  And yet they are not three eternals but one eternal.
  
  As also there are not three uncreated nor three incomprehensible, but one uncreated and one incomprehensible.
  
  So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty.
  
  And yet they are not three almighties, but one almighty.
  
  So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God;
  
  And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
  
  So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit Lord;
  
  And yet they are not three Lords but one Lord.

Having listened to Pastor Stanley's address, he seems quite clear. You may not like or fully understand what he is saying, but he isn't equivocating or being irrational. His representation of what the Bible says about Jesus is rather accurate and would be agreeable to most Christians of every major sect.

The statement at 21:30 is quite plain but you have taken it out of context. He says "Jesus is not the son of God in the same way that I am the son of my Father". In this section he is defining his terms and making it what he does or does not mean. He goes on to explain how God's existence transcends the physical creation and we only exist in him. Therefor our physical relationship to our fathers is just a small aspect of a son/father relationship and what God means when he says that Jesus is his son is much more than that. All the way up to minute 28 he expands on the idea of God's "begetting" a son transcending our understanding of the physical world.

On a few minor points unrelated to the person of Jesus he wanders a little bit from broadly accepted teachings. For example his theology seems to be dispensational and pre-millenial. His eschatology is not important for this question whether those views are correct or not, but you should be aware that there are differences between major Christian sects on those issues. Likewise the bit in minute 43 about no-cost would be disputed by a number of Christian perspectives.
As for why Jesus prayed, there are several explanations. One is simply that as a man he demonstrated how to live in a proper relationship with God. He was a perfect role model for men and therefore did what men should do. Additionally as one of the persons of the God-head he was in fellowship with his Father.

Of course there are no other superior beings nor churches or temples dedicated to any other in true Christianity because we believe in only one God.