If you were an actor…

Which do you think would take more suspension of belief:

being an atheist in rl playing a character who’s very religious, or a religious person in rl playing a character who’s an atheist ?

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JustNik · 51-55, F

Oh well goodness. I think it depends on what kind of atheist or religious person we’re talking about here. These are beliefs that often have a strong emotion behind them. If we’re talking of the extreme ends of the spectrum, I think it would be harder for the religious zealot to play an atheist than vice versa. The atheist who is condescending and derisive could still draw on what put them there…they may actually overplay the part a bit in that case.