Speaking in Tongues

[iknownothing]

I don't think anyone needs to be planted. The people in those churches just get carried away enough to do it.

 

[Ron Swanson]

In context, it's not embarrassing. In fact it's more embarrassing to be in the church and not part of the glossolalic in-group.

I can't imagine ... it's totaly embarassing just READING about it.

I wonder how often someone just reaches over and slaps them?

 

[Athyrio]

Robert Tilton.

 

[arthwollipot]

I can't imagine ... it's totaly embarassing just READING about it.

I wonder how often someone just reaches over and slaps them?

Never. Speaking personally again, I was drawn into the culture. I was a willing participant, because it was seen as normal and desirable. Sounds strange, I know, but it's true.

 

[Ron Swanson]

Robert Tilton. Click on the gibberish.

I took time to transcribe the actual "tonger speaking" of this "person" and translated it for everyone

First http://www.weirdcrap.com/tilton/mahte_ke_sodoebo.wav

"Ma da kee soda poh-bo"

So in this sentence, his key fell in the soda pop bowl

An second http://www.weirdcrap.com/tilton/toh-oh-tee.wav

"Tow oh tow oh tee eee ta bahm bahm bo doh tow go yeah ... YEAH ha key kah Soho, so Yahbah bah dahba sata"

In this one, his car got stuck ... and when it got towed out the fender got dented twice ... then he found his spare key and drove to Soho and was happy he didn't miss a re-run of the Flintstones on his new satellite dish.

 

[Drewbot]

Holy gibberish! Of course this guy says that people who don't experience it will call it gibberish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZbQBajYnEc

 

[arthwollipot]

Have you ever heard a large group all speaking in tongues at once?

http://www.arthwollipot.com/spokenword/speakingintongues1.m4a
http://www.arthwollipot.com/spokenword/speakingintongues2.m4a

 

[Ron Swanson]

Never. Speaking personally again, I was drawn into the culture. I was a willing participant, because it was seen as normal and desirable. Sounds strange, I know, but it's true.

Maybe next time .. if so give them one from me !

 

[SpuriusMaximus]

In context, it's not embarrassing. In fact it's more embarrassing to be in the church and not part of the glossolalic in-group.

No offense, but the greatest embarassment would be if I ever lied to myself along the lines of what some of those guys seem to be doing. The other folks in church I may or may not see ever again, but I'll have to live with myself for the rest of my days.

 

[I Am The Scum]

I read an article a while back (can't find it, at the moment) in which a team of linguists analyzed several recordings from evangelical churches all throughout the US.

Turns out they were just speaking Jive the whole time.

 

[kerikiwi]

I can speak in tongue, pretty well. Tbh first i heard of it been an ancient language but i spose the thought did lie with me, as the first language. I have only seen one other man speak in tongue and it was before i knew everything i know today. He was helping and guiding me (if you follow my posts, the man who gave me the book by Mary K Baxter: A Divine Revelation of Hell from my old work place and i went to church with him where the lights flickered) through my awaken process. He blessed my old house with oil and spoke in tongue to make sure no evil spirits were coming in.

Now days, i speak in it to freak people out lol and it does always give me a sense of feel with snakes (got one tattooed on my arm called eingana). You can pretty much say any English word you want in tongue by thinking it and it just flows out, or sometimes just complete flowing rubbish (like swearing i guess lol). I haven't bothered to look into more anyway, its just there when needed.

On the churches doing it.. it could be a setup so more people will follow that church and more money will be given, i hate to say that but man are still fallible.

PS: it did help i was born tongue tied and had to have to cut at birth too was and still is a pretty big issue in my family, my mum made sure to tell my x-gf when i didn't like wtf?

This post is written 'in tongue' isn't it?

 

[Staropeace]

I bet if you asked them to repeat themselves,they couldn't do it...lol.

 

[Minarvia]

I bet if you asked them to repeat themselves,they couldn't do it...lol.

Ha! Just like John Smith in desciphering his magic plates with a stone in a hat, or whatever.

And Trent, speaking in "tongue" I believe is a language you know quite well!

 

[Mister Agenda]

I was raised amongst holy rollers and have spoken in tongues a number of times myself. The usual 'tongues and interpretation' doesn't involve identifying the language, it's very odd. When I was a Pentecostal, my first thought on hearing this story would have been the person has studied some Aramaic and was faking speaking in tongues.

As an adult, I would also wonder about the bona fides of the person claiming to be able to identify spoken Aramaic.

 

[JoeyDonuts]

You get to do these kinds of things when you're a God, you know...



Arth brings up a good point though. I've been in churches where there was spirit-slaying going on. I got hands laid on me once (I was a teenager.) I wasn't closed-minded and overly skeptical, I was just waiting for whatever was supposed to happen. Nothing happened. People were dropping to the left and right of me, and I didn't move because I didn't want God to be angry with me for 'faking it.' Church folk are really quick to decide that Satan's got his hooks into you when you don't go down in these situations. For an already awkward 13-year old, having a bunch of adults surround you as if there were something legitimately wrong with you can be...well...

 

[Starthinker]

I've been in churches where someone just going

abidabidabidabidabidabidabidabidabidabidabidabidabidabidaabidabidabidabidabidabidabidaabidabidabidabidabidabidabidaabidabidabidabidabidabidabidaabidabidabidabidabidabidabida

was considered speaking in tounges. Didn't have to sound like a language at all.

 

[fromdownunder]

Turns out they were just speaking Jive the whole time.

Randy: Can I get you something?
Second Jive Dude: 'S'mofo butter layin' me to da' BONE! Jackin' me up... tight me!
Randy: I'm sorry, I don't understand.
First Jive Dude: Cutty say 'e can't HANG!
Jive Lady: Oh stewardess! I speak jive.
Randy: Oh, good.
Jive Lady: He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him.
Randy: All right. Would you tell him to just relax and I'll be back as soon as I can with some medicine?
Jive Lady: Jus' hang loose, blood. She gonna catch ya up on da' rebound on da' med side.
Second Jive Dude: What it is, big mama? My mama no raise no dummies. I dug her rap!
Jive Lady: Cut me some slack, Jack! Chump don' want no help, chump don't GET da' help!
First Jive Dude: Say 'e can't hang, say seven up!
Jive Lady: Jive ass dude don't got no brains anyhow! Hmmph!

Norm

 

[Blackadder]

An second http://www.weirdcrap.com/tilton/toh-oh-tee.wav

"Tow oh tow oh tee eee ta bahm bahm bo doh tow go yeah ... YEAH ha key kah Soho, so Yahbah bah dahba sata"

In this one, his car got stuck ... and when it got towed out the fender got dented twice ... then he found his spare key and drove to Soho and was happy he didn't miss a re-run of the Flintstones on his new satellite dish.

I had a real good laugh reading your 'translation' especially the Flintstones part is brilliant.

 

[Christian Klippel]

Well, give me enough beer and i speak in tongues as well. I might also bite in my tongue occasionally. After even more beer, i even might try to stick my tongue in some random girls face.

But somehow i doubt that that has anything to do with angels or such. Although, in that state most girls look like angels

Greetings,

Chris

 

[Complexity]

Speaking in tongues is either self-indulgent delusion or outright fraud.