[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Why is putting hands together intrinsically evil in your mind? What is your basis for believing that? How is saying you enjoyed something better than showing it by clapping your hands?

[reaganaut]

Because clapping is a public form of praise, to a person in this case. My going up to someone privately and expressing that I enjoyed worshiping God with them as they performed is not public. It is a matter between me, the person or persons, and God.