My dad's running on the treadmill outside of my room right now and he's just yelling in tongues and it's annoying and creepy.

  • ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Were you ever raised to speak in tongues? I remember being eight or nine at church, and they were baptizing us in the Holy Spirit. The pastor would lay hands on each kid one at a time, yell at them to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and the kids would start mumbling. When they got to me, I remember wanting the Holy Spirit really badly, but I wasn't feeling anything. So when the pastor was yelling harder and scaring me, I just started babbling, "shaka hummuna kashiki babodosio shaka humunga" until he left me alone lol.

    • OptimusPrimeRib [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Wasn't raised to do it because it felt weird to me. Not to mention i didn't like the preacher cause he would make a point to make a big deal about people (me) not sweating, dancing etc up and down the aisle. Its a small family church so its awkward as fuck. Also he was stealing funds from the church which so it made it seem like a show. I kinda believe the bible was talking about actual languages instead of heavenly ones so they could evangelize.

      • ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Haha you probably know about being "slain in the spirit" then too. The last time I saw somebody being slain in the spirit, the pastor put his hand on someone's forehead, yelled for the Holy Spirit to enter their body, and the guy fell back and took out like 6 chairs and cut his elbow open.

        • OptimusPrimeRib [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          Fucking tent revivals are wild for that shit. Hot night, mosquitos everywhere a barely coherent sermon with hours of shouting and old ladies falling out on the floor and getting home at midnight. The only reason I even cared to go was the food my aunts made for everyone beforehand.

    • REallyN [she/her,they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Maybe it's just because I was raised Catholic, but this whole like...display of the Holy Spirit thing seems weird to me. Like it's more about showing how special and pious you are then everyone else or the people who don't "feel it".

      A clip someone else linked seemed more like people were just dancing as part of worship which is more understandable, but idk.

      If anything I imagine the Holy Spirit would be a calming presence, but idk if any of this has scriptural basis.