I'm not religious but I'm confused about your statements. Help me out. 

How exactly do you pray to god? What do you imagine him to be when you are praying? Do you think he's a cloud, a star, a stone, a tomb of Mohammed? What comes in your mind? Do you imagine yourself as god? 

When you are able to answer that question, you'll realize that praying to cows, idols, animals, planets all make sense. Since god has no form, you can imagine god to be of any form. 

Makes sense or you are going to come up with another fallacious argument?