My first act of rebellion was to stop looking up scriptures during the talks. They often spend so much time frantically digging around in the bible that they can't even hear what is being said! (Which is part of the whole mind control deal, IMHO) I would sit quietly and leave my bible sitting on the ground, or closed 'in hand'. I got elbowed a lot for it. It made my father very angry. Every time I got elbowed, I would look over and read the scripture in my seat mate's book.

This small rebellion helped me cope.