I was reading a discussion about misconceptions people have about Catholics, and then it got into Catholic misconceptions about Catholicism and other faiths. But this one made me prick up my ears:
I'm not Catholic, but I wanted to share... things that have stuck in my mind and make me laugh whenever I think of them:
A Catholic friend attended my confirmation (I know that's a Catholic no-no, but she was being a supportive friend.) Afterwards, she turned to me and said, "You Anglicans have no fear of God, do you?" I asked what she meant and she said, "You guys sing those hymns like you've been cast in Turandot."
So yeah, I'd never heard this particular one before, but it does go along with the "sing quietly" school of church decorum.
How droll! What a warped excuse for being tight-lipped when song is in the air. Does this lady (or gentleman) think that the Psalmist who wrote 'sing to the Lord' had no fear of God?
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