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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:01 PM Original message |
Just one question - what the hell is "speaking in tongues"? |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. in a word, yes. it's another way of saying "gibberish" |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. They speak in another "language", which really sounds like jibberish........ |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. No. It really IS gibberish. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. Exactly like gibberish. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is a trance-like state that believers get into, |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I've been around a good bit of it. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
114. I've tripped in some fucked up places |
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Frisbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. But if the Holy spirit is so pro-American... |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. i've been told that it's |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
61. The Assembly of God Denomination specifically proscribes "Speaking in Tongues" in the Assembly |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #61 |
77. thanks for the information. nt |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. What exactly is a Pentecostal Agnostic? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #78 |
89. I think your question re the Southern Baptists is answered already: "Every four years...unity"... |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #78 |
103. I'm not prejudiced RE Fundamentalism: I have contempt AFTER investigation |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #61 |
88. Well done, cranky. I actually learned something I didn't know... |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #61 |
104. Same with the Foursquare churches |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. my grandmother was an Amy Semple McPherson evangelical... white robes... streetcorners w/tambourines |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Worse than gibberish---there's no recognizable words |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. Self-induced psychosis |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. It is when a worshipper feels the Holy Spirit within them and is moved to speak... |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Me, too, re your post. (and me, too, re your sig line!) nt |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. .... |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Freaked me out as well the first time I saw it. I asked my mom if they were having a seizure. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Like when they all start praying out loud at the same time. nt |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. It is properly called Glossolalia |
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TooRaLoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
91. I don't think most of them are in any kind of 'state' |
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NoFederales (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
117. Well, I guess anything can be legitimized, now. What do they speak in these |
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Dollface (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's utter bullshit. |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's a cult state of frenzy |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's when you burp, but it's really Jesus doing the burping. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. Meka leka hi meka hiene ho, meka leka hi meka johnny ho. |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
53. Thanks for the memory! |
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thenam (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. Don't forget "interpreting" tongues |
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Resuscitated Ethics (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. savant-like parlor trick of religious frenzy |
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the Sundance Kid (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. it's only real tongues if others can understand what you are saying |
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gort (567 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. I believe it goes something like this..... |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. ROFL... you forgot "dibble dibble gloop" |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Here's a historic example of speaking in tongues. |
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gort (567 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. dibble gloop to you too |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. They believe it to be a manifestation of the Holy Spirit. |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. A really creepy example of someone speaking in tongues... |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
55. The way that guy has mastered rolling his r's |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
81. That man's eyes |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #21 |
84. What did we do before youtube existed? |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. Matt Taibbi does a great job of describing it in his book The Great Derangement. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
60. "...so he recited some things he knew in Russian. Nobody questioned it." |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. It was really good. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. he's had a very 'interesting' life. his book about the 2004 fiasco is also very good. |
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MikeNearMcChord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. Even the Bible calls it gibberish |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Shit. We need to go to some of those churches and do some translation. |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. LOL!!! Post of the day! |
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chatnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
63. LOL! Best. Idea. Ever. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm pushing for the media to show the rest of the country what Palin's church |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. I'd give anything to see a video of Sarah Palin Holy Rollering across the floor |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
115. You are making a big mistake. If we concentrate to much on Palin's church then that will invite... |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. Well did you ever hear of the tower of babble |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I've always thought the Tower of Babel was the lamest smoting ever! |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. :) not a good one..yep that is where the word babble comes from |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Boils or locusts or frogs (?wtf) would have been better. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I'll take language differences over boils any day! |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Although if they had done the frogs that cause hallucinations (ala toad licking), then the story... |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. As I understand it, from a yoda like seer.. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #47 |
94. So many irregular verbs, so little time. Smite, smote, smitten. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #36 |
85. Also where the name for the Babel fish came from |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
116. Didn't exactly go a long way to bringing humanity together |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. I remember being invited to a church when I was in college. |
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Punkingal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
62. I was invited by a friend |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's what country white folks do instead of doing mescaline or lsd |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's bullshit on stilts. n/t |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. According to the Bible it is the Holy Spirit speaking and praying to God. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Ummm.... |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:21 AM Response to Reply #57 |
98. Don't know the exact verse but that is what was taught in the church I attended. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. Why would the Holy Spirit need |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
75. And why would it be in an unintelligble language? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #67 |
99. The way I understand it -- it is the Spirit within praying for the person. |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
42. The sum total of Palin's foreign policy experience. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
43. Pure religion: rapturous, delusional noise |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. Holy rollers. Yes, it's complete gibberish that they claim is |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
45. No. Read this. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. it's another bullshit routine ,,,,,,, |
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Liberal Dose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. I attended an Assembly of God church in Maine for a few years |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
74. Indeed. It is learned, practiced behavior, enhanced by self hypnosis. |
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Liberal Dose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:01 AM Response to Reply #74 |
96. That makes sense, and also explains how they can do it without laughing. eom |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. As other posters state... it is gibberish. They CLAIM... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. Just some stupid shit religious nuts believe in. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
56. Babbling in church |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
58. It's a kind of hyper-emotional trance called "glossolalia" IIRC. n/t. |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
59. Sorry to disturb your religious prejudices but I've seen it in Catholic prayer |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. Were they "charismatic" Catholics or Roman Catholics? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #59 |
95. Thank you for the info Pippin (may I call you Pippin?). My late aunt & uncle became Catholic Pente- |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
65. Glossolalia |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
66. I just love these anti-Christian posts. Wonder how long an anti-Muslim post would stay up?n/t |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Ah yes ..... |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
107. Oh, I get it. As long as you're not attacking MOST Christian denominations, it's okay! |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #107 |
119. Fuck it .... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. unsurprising |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #72 |
108. But it's not bizarre to those practicing it. So we can attack anything that we feel is bizarre. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #108 |
120. It's not a majority-rules kind of thing |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. I just love those who lack any of the qualities Jesus stood for, but claim to follow him. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #73 |
109. Who's to say what's normal in someone's religion? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #109 |
123. I am. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #66 |
86. This isn't anti-Christian, because even most Christians know it's BS. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #86 |
110. There goes the use of the "MOST' word again. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #110 |
118. Religious motivation doesn't make stupidity less stupid or immune to criticism. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #66 |
90. "Anti-Christian"? This is one goofy sect with its one bizarre ritual. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #90 |
111. Will you ridicule the Jews for Kaparot? n/t |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
106. per C.S. Lewis & most Christian Scholars, the practice of glossalalia is NOT justifiable as doctrine |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. No I just think attacking anyone's religion is stupid |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
76. Cracker gibberish |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
79. Just for the record: I'm not a Christian - I'm an agnostic Jew. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #79 |
113. Ever rotate a chicken around your head? n/t |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
80. I wouldn't "diss" speaking in tounges. It is odd to think about but is just a reaction to emotion |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
82. I was wondering today if it would be more effective to go around |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
83. Speaking in tongues is part of the charismatic staple of effects |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #83 |
93. great description |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:17 AM Response to Reply #83 |
97. Best answer possible. |
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Obamican23 (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
87. Evangelicals and some protestants beleive |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
92. It's what some excited religious people do during services. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
100. BTW: Al Sharpton is a Pentecostal preacher |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #100 |
102. Here is the deal... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
101. "Speaking In Tongues" is supposed to be one of the "gifts" of the Holy Spirit |
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kitkat65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
121. A really awesome album from the Talking Heads! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
122. Yeah, basically.... |
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