A church full of people reciting in unison, each one understanding every word in a unique way (if there even is understanding effort going on). Isn't Jesus reported to have said something about prattling on with repetitious words? And thus we have the text of the Mass. Even as a kid, one realizes that something is not adding up well. And many of the hymns are merely more repetitions of specific interpretations of doctrine, as if saying or singing something over and over and over will make us believe it makes sense or even simply believe it. It is a strange indoctrination regimen, and hardly a way to make people good and wise.