One of the funniest sights for me to see happens in large Christian gatherings. It's when the guy at the front--be it a pastor, another speaker, or the worship leader--says the two words, "let's pray." Whether or not he also includes "let's bow our heads" in that commandment, you will always see a great majority of the crowd lean forward. It looks like everyone is staring at their shoes.
It's especially funny in a place like Wheeler Auditorium on UC Berkeley's campus. Every single seat in that room creaks insanely loudly. So not only does it look like everyone begins to study the spilled drank on the floor, but there is this enormous creak. It really is the funniest thing.
Why do we do that? Why is our immediate reflex to prayer that our heads drop? I know I used to do it because I was told for years in Sunday School to bow my head when prayer happened. Even though Sunday School teachers eventually stopped telling me that, it was too late. I had already been conditioned to looking down whenever prayer happened.
So maybe Christians do that because of the Sunday School conditioning. Or maybe those who didn't grow up in Sunday School do it because of peer pressure--all their Sunday-School-based friends were doing it.
I don't know. But in my opinion, it's hilarious to watch.
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