>>299923Lol here I first read the OP as "played" instead of "prayed" and thought damn this guy sure works a lot! 😭
Now that you mention it, I have this friend who used to drink twice every week, was violent, has like 15 tattoos, has/had psychiatric problems, burned down a small burger truck in high school because they messed up his order, never finished high school, got kicked out of his mom's house because of drug issues, etc
Now he is happily married and has 2 children with his turbo catholic wife, upstanding member of society, got certified in cisco, has a good paying job, and is trying to start his small business even.
Anyway, point is he doesn't seem to be the kind of guy who suddenly found Christ in his life or whatever, he would never believe in that crap, but he has to larp a bit for his wife.
I wonder if larping enough or faking it long enough you begin to believe in that or if you live your entire life larping that shit.
I imagine it is kinda like when gay men used to marry women so they wouldn't get completely ostracized by society but deep down they were always gay, I have trouble believing that if you larp well enough you actually end up changing what you sincerely believe.