On Attending Religious Services as an Atheist

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2. I'm not an atheist..

more of a curious skeptic, but I’ve also found handling differing religious services awkward.

Several years ago, my former vocal coach, a wonderful progressive woman, invited me to join her Episcopal church choir for a performance of Faurè Requiem. She knew I had performed it several times and pretty much had it memorized. The day of the performance, as we were rehearsing in the main sanctuary, I noticed every time church members walked in front of the altar, they stopped, did a little knee dip, and crossed themselves. It should come as no surprise to you that I did everything I could to avoid passing in front of that altar. 😂

By the end of the performance, I was so fed up with it that I not only walked in front of the altar, I stopped to chat with an audience member. I’d like to say some feathers were ruffled, but no one seemed to notice or care.