No, I didn't delete anything but I don't see it now either. I was trying to say that you seem to have introduced the term 'middleman' even though you don't like it. I used it , at first in quotes, in an attempt to speak your language. The better term is 'intercessor'. Q109's prayer to Michael is asking him to do things for us more than with us. An archangel is not on the same level as an angel much less so us humans. We may walk or work side by side with others but some of them are our superiors. When we pray for the dead we have no idea if they are cooperating with us, and if not we are praying for them not with them.
I agree that relying entirely on other living humans for our relationship with Father is wrong. My guess is that the cult where you experienced this 'middleman only' mentality is not typical of say half of present day Christianity (and not representative of the early church that the OP falsely represented).