I like looking around at all the other people who are looking around, but I'm quiet.

Stand tall. Eyes open. Head held high. In silence.

At a wedding funeral or similar congregant event I’ll sit quietly, looking ahead. I no longer bow my head. At a dinner, if I had a lady with religious parents maybe, I would probably bow my head out of respect for those feeding me. That’s a first impression on the in laws sort of favor though.

I've always found it fun to watch the other people with their heads bowed and mumbling along with the prayer. As they all know I'm not a prayer kind of person, there's usually one or two who look up and over at me. I give them a big, exaggerated grin. They go back to whatever and I still just sit there watching. I couldn't care less that they feel a need to pray (or is it prey?). I will still respect their beliefs and expect them to respect mine.

I just sit quiet

I sometimes have the strong urge to suddenly stand up, yell "FU¢K!," then tilt my head back, issue a primal scream, and run from the sanctuary (or wherever) like a drunk monkey. But typically I am just mentally assembling my grocery shopping list.

I am not a Catholic, but my wife wanted to send a son to a Catholic Junior High. At the time of his graduation, I had to sit in the main Chappell. They not only pray, but also kneel and stand. I didn’t know what to do and decided to sit tight. Nobody said anything to me. That was a God-sent relief.

On occasion it has been so long winded a prayer that I have been tempted to yell out mid prayer in a form of fundamentalist Tourette's syndrome.
'HALLEJULAH' !!
'PRAISE THE LORD' !!
'GOD DAMN'!!
'JESUS FUCKING CHRIST' !!
Sadly I was raised to well to do it but the temptation is there and we are all subject to temptations.

I was ultimately voted to chairman of our local planning commission. The agenda was set each meeting by the Mayor. The number 1 item was always prayer, and being in a mormon community was always volunteers and aways mormon. So I started asking for others, tho i do not support opening public government meetings with prayer..since no volunteered, i quit calling for prayer, and the Mayor become quite upset...new chairman, 3500 apartments now built, traffic at a standstill morning and night...

I just sit there quietly. I don't bow my head. I feel im showing respect for my hosts even if i question their beleifs
AND I expect the same courtesy when they come to my home