rechoirment

It really broils my bacon that some of the most socially-insensitive and self-centered folks (think, the foolishly-proud/stubborn Grangerfords and Shepherdsons in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and the devious and habitually-lightfingered Macklins in The Forgotten Door) are members of church choral-groups. Many of them do this to selfishly feel better about themselves, since they arrogantly view themselves as being "closer to God and His divine forgiveness and salvation" for their rampant misbehavior in the world outside the church, rather than their actually going to those whom they've wronged and admitting it and trying to correct/alleviate whatever injustices they committed, plus they think it will look better for them in the eyes of other townspeople --- and possibly even the law --- if they are in the church choir, since many people --- especially blindly-trusting religion-steeped ones --- tend to automatically associate church-singers with piety and purity. Pathetic! I think that one of the most vital rechoirments that a church would have for someone's becoming a singing-group member would be that he should first settle any and all matters that are weighing on his conscience (and any complaints that others have against him, as well) beforehand. Otherwise, people's seeing those unfeeling jerks in the choir just breeds resentment and makes the church look bad, almost as if they condone misbehavior like that.