I glad for it in the long run & I think many oldsters like me will agree if nothing else it gave a sense of community & benign ritual during grade school.
Sometimes, if I was mad at God or didn't think he/she/it didn't exist, I didn't say that part, that's all.
Mostly, I always enjoyed the fact that we were all saying it together. That was fun, like singing together, regardless of the song, it felt good, n'ést pas?