People who can speak in tongues, why don't they ever do it outside of a church service?

[raccoon]

You'd think with an ability like that, sometimes they'd exhibit it in the boardroom, in the bedroom, in the workplace, in the classroom....

[Nonhlanhla]

1. They do sometimes do it outside a church service

and it is really weird to hear, since it is basically gibberish.

[cyclonefence]

2. You have to have the holy spirit descend on you

It's not an inherent talent. You're a conduit for god via holy ghost communicating holy messages which no one can understand but which your fellow religionists love to witness. If the spirit descended on you in school or elsewhere, you would speak in tongues there, but the deity amazingly prefers to manifest in church--you'd think the god of "prosperity christians" like DT would jump at the chance to speak to business leaders, but apparently not.

[1965Comet]

3. The Jesus just isn't powerful enough

to afflict them with glossolalia unless they are in his house, I guess...

[Drahthaardogs]

4. Because it is more literal translation of Bible bullshit

The incoherent babbling is as made up as the rapture.

The gift of tongues was given to the Apostles at Penecost and was the ability to speak and understand multiple languages.

Pope John Paul II spoke 19 languages, you would say he had the gift of tongues.

Catholics of almost all rites and Orthodox do not accept the nonsensical babbling those who do it call the language of angels. There is a Charismatics Catholic movement made up mostly of ex Protestants who do the babbling, but it is not mainstream.

[NightWatcher]

5. Same reason my kid can't catch the Tooth Fairy swapping out a tooth for cash

It's a hustle that's being pulled.

My 6 year old is starting to see through the bs. Too bad more can't do the same.

[IndianaDave]

6. Mek Nak deniko kabbani scoojee ganakah loog

hanilakah bekogo pelimoo hajahmiloop. Humor!

[TBA]

9. Thread Winner!

[IndianaDave]

11. Thanks - Glad you enjoyed it.

[Buckeyeblue]

7. Outside of church would be embarrassing

Since it is essentially an act put on by those needing individual attention within their church, to do it outside of the church's safe zone would be akin to saying, I'm really a fucking dumb ass.

[Javaman]

8. gross lack of translators...

[HAB911]

10. Robert Tilton

[hamsterjill]

20. Thanks for the belly laugh!

I had forgotten all about him!!!! Is he still selling snake oil, etc.?

[HAB911]

23. Looks like it!

http://www.roberttiltonlive.com/about.html

[KG]

12. Meka Leka Hi Meka Hiney Ho!

[KG]

13. klaatu. barada. nikto.

[Paladin]

14. Oh, I heard the guy who's now Lt. Governor of TX babble while not in church.

This was back when Dan Patrick was an AM hate radio owner in Houston, years ago. He got a little over-enthusiastic while talking about Mel Gibson's Jesus movie, and broke into a minute or so of on-air ululations about it. It was almost as entertaining as his on-air shrieking session over Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" at the Super Bowl.

Ol' Dan (who admits to a history of mental problems) is now busy trying to ruin the TX economy with a bathroom bill that nobody seems to be in favor of, other than himself. The dumbfuck republicans in the state will likely put him in the governor's office at some point---where he'll make Rick Perry look like Churchill, by comparison.

[LanternWaste]

15. if only the hipsters who speak Dothraki and Klingon would get the same hint...

Now if only the hipsters who speak Dothraki and Klingon would get the same hint...

[el_bryanto]

17. Klingon Speaking Hipsters?

I must not know what the word hipster means.

Bryant

[uponit7771]

16. I not only speak in tounges outside of church I sing in it also (I don't know half the words ...

... to songs anyway) and its part of my prayer life.

Get to know a believing believer ... you'd see we're way more progressive than what's portrayed by the shit heads on the right.

[lpbk2713]

18. I did that once.

But my friends took me back to the barracks until I slept it off.

[Denzil_DC]

21. Erm ... Sarah Palin, Kellyanne Conway, Trump ...

the list could go on, but there are plenty of examples where they do.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. ...

[yortsed snacilbuper]

24. "People who can speak in tongues"

[Nay]

25. Because they know it makes them look like fucking idiots. nt

[madokie]

26. largely what made me quit the church scene

I went to church with a friend back when I was young and dumb and full of you know what. Anyways I asked my dad if it would be OK and he said sure son but I'll tell you right now you won't like it. I went anyway and when my friends mom started talking in tongues and the preacher started pounding on the pulpit with the heal of his shoe I couldn't get out of there fast enough. You see we, me too, at the time, were baptist, the good ole southern kind LOL


Brings back memories

[KittyWampus]

27. Where's the preacher speaking in farts? How can this thread not have that?

Speaking in Farts. It gets better as it goes on... I don't have that much of a scatalogical sense of humor but on the rare occassion this things makes me laugh:

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