Yes, exactly correct. It's foolish. But in moments of anxiety and a feeling of helplessness, it's kind of an automatic irrational thing. And I fully own that, and was seeking to be humorous about the sudden faith of someone (me) deeeply agnostic....
Yep, Catholic apostate, here as well...
@TheAbbotTrithemius I get it. I sometimes fall prey to my Catholic brainwashing.