burbleflop said:
I've not prayed since they stopped forcing us to at school.
I never even used to do that. At the words "Now bow your heads" I just sat there. Didn't make a fuss, didn't say anything, just used to look blankly ahead or at the teachers who stood at the side of the hall. Most had their eyes closed in prayer, but one or two would scan the room looking for people who weren't praying. Most of the non-prayers were muslim, but every now and again one of them would end up in a "Who looks away first" competition with me. no one ever actually called me on it, but I figured given it was the right of the islamic people in the hall to not pray, I was just as within my right not to bow my head and murmer stuff I thought was tosh.
Apart from exclaimations of surprise (or mock surprise) ripping off various cartoons or comedy shows with sayings like 'Sweet Jesus on a stick' and 'Mary, mother of God WTF are you talking about?!' I've not prayed since I was about 6.