Collective prayer (October 1, 2009)
I find myself standing inside a church, very close to the altar, and around me are both believing christians and atheists. After a while everyone except me get down on their knees to pray. I look around and an atheist-friend wants me to kneel too. Since I don’t understand why I refuse. Instead I just stand there during the short ceremony wondering why the atheists are praying too! Afterwards a middle-aged christian woman comes up to me and hugs me for quite some time, which I find confusing but not scary.
