I loved singing in church choirs. There is no choir in the Religion Group.
Even as an atheist, I have participated in them. There is a special pleasure in singing with a group of talented vocalists, whatever the music might be. I began singing in choirs as a teenager. The church I attended at the time had both a youth choir and an adult choir. Both had the same choir director. I started in the youth choir. Since I was an instrumental musician, I already read music so adapting to choral music was easy. I was a bass/baritone, even at 14 years of age, and was also able to sing in the tenor range. The director liked all of that, and soon asked if I would also join the adult choir.
The process, of course, involved frequent rehearsals, since singing together with many people is always a challenge. Blending multiple voices into a uniform overall sound takes practice and concentration. It's impossible, really, for a choir to sing together without that practice. Otherwise, everyone is singing for him or herself, without blending smoothing into one sound.
After I could no longer believe in deities, I did not stop singing in church choirs. There was no reason to do so. The music still existed, so I kept singing in the choir. Nobody minded, because my voice had become an integral part of the group. After I left my home town, I joined other choirs, including some rather large choral groups, simply because I loved making music. At the same time, I was still playing in orchestras as well.
I no longer do either, sadly. My last time singing in a choir was a performance of Handel's "Messiah," where I both played oboe in the orchestra and sang the "For He is Like a Refiner's Fire" solo part. The words didn't matter. The music mattered. Music transcends belief, really. But, life got busy. I got older, and I stopped playing the oboe and singing. I miss it, but that was another time.
I have to laugh when someone claims that there is a "choir" here in the Religion Group. There's not. A choir must rehearse to have any unity at all, and there are no rehearsals here for anything that I am aware of. Everyone is singing a solo part here in the Religion Group. Everyone has his or her own music and lyrics to sing. It's fun, but it's not a choir.
Thanks for indulging me by reading this.
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what do you have to practice? 
What am I missing? 
I've seen quick and sudden "themes" of attack that spread like a virus from multiple posters across multiple threads and OP's.
Now, I'm sure y'all would consider that "random events" rather than "intelligent design."
Sure coincidental. 
You also say you don't speak for others.
I could document it - but all we'd get is denial - "No."
What would be the point? 
