Agreed.Disagree, vehemently. Our Saviour was not trying to circumvent the cross:
7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear, Heb 5
He was heard. His supplications were answered. God saved Him from death. He didn't leave Him in the grave. He raised Him from the dead. Period.
The whole premise that Christ was attempting to avoid the cross is seriously defect.