NancyLebovitz comments on Ritual Report 2012: Life, Death, Light, Darkness, and Love. - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Raemon 23 December 2012 06:56PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 December 2012 02:58:15AM 6 points [-]

Just... singing any lyrics is something that's possibly going to interfere with reverence more than just... singing. You have to agree with lyrics. You don't have to agree with music.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 24 December 2012 05:51:55PM 16 points [-]

There's a joke about Unitarians having trouble with group hymn singing because they're reading ahead to see whether they agree with the words.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 December 2012 08:15:47PM 4 points [-]

Well, yeah. It's why I stay silent during Jewish prayers at family meals. I don't agree with the words.