NancyLebovitz comments on Ritual Report 2012: Life, Death, Light, Darkness, and Love. - Less Wrong
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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.
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.
Well, yeah. It's why I stay silent during Jewish prayers at family meals. I don't agree with the words.