[flqn]

It still can't communicate information faster than light and the sun god can't know your prayers earlier than 8min after you made them

[blooalien]

Note that if this particular "theory" pans out to be true, any response will require a round-trip, thus making it more like 16 minutes to even matter. Any prayer during an emergency had best take that delay into account.

[EarthLaunch]

What if it's obvious ahead of time what the prayers will be? I know a thrown ball will return to the ground before it happens. So it can just "answer" them 8 minutes ahead of time.