My doctor asked me to pray.

[FebruaryOfReason]

Can you provide us with any examples of when you prayed and it didn't work, GC?

Oh, February, don't you know that any result is part of God's plan and unquestionable? My ex-father-in-law and I once had a conversation is which he informed me that God answers all prayers. The answers come in three forms: yes, no, not now. I said something to the effect of, "Well, what the fuck is that?"

"God's will," was his solemn response.

It's a closed loop of self-reinforcing BS that can't be cracked by reason until the believer is ready to reason. Sort of like a drunk hitting bottom.

Yup. By rewarding pigeons randomly, you can get them to believe all sorts of bollocks too.
https://www.psychologistworld.com/superstition.php

One pigeon, in pursuit of food, believed that by turning around in the cage twice or three times between being fed, but not just in any direction; the bird learnt to turn anti-clockwise and appeared to believe that this would mean it being fed.