Not only did I not close my eyes when they said the prayers, but I didn't even give a "Amen" to it. It got so I dreaded saying a prayer, such as closing the meeting for field circus, more than I dreaded getting a root canal.
Elders don't close their eyes when they pray
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*** it-1 p. 216 Attitudes and Gestures ***However, Christians adopted many of the customs and practices of the Jewish synagogue—ones that God did not disapprove—and the same attitudes and postures of prayer are mentioned in the Christian Greek Scriptures. Nowhere do they give support to a facial or bodily attitude of assumed piety and sanctimoniousness. They do not make any given posture, such as placing the palms together or clasping the hands when offering prayer, essential. In fact, prayers can be made silently and completely without outward manifestation, when the individual is carrying on an assigned duty or is faced with an emergency. (Compare Ne 2:4.)