My little boy babbles incoherently, could he be speaking in tongues?

Question

You know the people, they claim they speak in a language only understood by the devine. When the Apostles spoke in tongues, it was so that all people could understand them regardless of the language they spoke. Apparently today however speaking in tongues means you can't understand the person.

Is my babbling baby speaking in tongues????

Answer 1

I guess it depends on who he's speaking to. The Apostles spoke in tongues for whomever need to hear the message. Well, whomever needs to hear your son's message, will be able to understand him....like other babies, maybe.

Answer 2

Yes he is believe it or not! You could understand him if you wanted to. Speaking in tongues does not relate to the person who is speaking only but to the person who is listening too! You ever been to a foreign country and not understand the lingo? If you were in trouble you won't have trouble understanding its because you are trying to connect with the people who are trying to help you. Language can cross barriers if only we allow them to, yes even with your baby, because he is trying to connect with you by babbling to you! I bet when the disciples spoke in tongues they were trying to communicate with all those different cultures and did when their sincerity came across. These days speaking in tongues has reached an all time new level and I'm not sure I understand what they are trying to say because they could tell us in the language they speak and we will understand!

Answer 3

No.

The explanations of glossolalia are as follows:

* Linguistics

The syllables that make up instances of glossolalia typically appear to be unpatterned reorganizations of phonemes from the primary language of the person uttering the syllables; thus, the glossolalia of people from Russia, the United Kingdom, and Brazil all sound quite different from each other, but vaguely resemble the Russian, English, and Portuguese languages, respectively. Many linguists generally regard most glossolalia as lacking any identifiable semantics, syntax, or morphology.[12] Glossolalia has even been postulated as an explanation for the Voynich manuscript.

* Psychology

The first scientific study of glossolalia was done by psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin as part of his research into the linguistic behaviour of schizophrenic patients. In 1927, G.B. Cutten published his book Speaking with tongues; historically and psychologically considered, which was regarded a standard in medical literature for many years. Like Kraepelin, he linked glossolalia to schizophrenia and hysteria. In 1972, John Kildahl took a different psychological perspective in his book The Psychology of Speaking in Tongues. He stated that glossolalia was not necessarily a symptom of a mental illness and that glossolalists suffer less from stress. He did observe, however, that glossolalists tend to have more need of authority figures and appeared to have had more crises in their lives.

A 2003 statistical study by the religious journal Pastoral Psychology concluded that, among the 991 male evangelical clergy sampled, glossolalia was associated with stable extraversion, and contrary to some theories, completely unrelated to psychopathology.

Nicholas Spanos described glossolalia as an acquired ability, for which no real trance is needed (Glossolalia as Learned Behavior: An Experimental Demonstration, 1987). It is also known as a simplex communication.

* Neuroscience

In 2006, at the University of Pennsylvania, researchers, under the direction of Andrew Newberg, MD, completed the world’s first brain-scan study of a group of Pentecostal Practitioners while they were speaking in tongues. One of the study's authors is a practicioner of glossolalia and a born-again Christian herself. The study concluded that while participants were exercising glossolalia, activity in the language centers of the brain actually decreased, while activity in the emotional centers of the brain increased.

During this study, researchers observed significant cerebral blood flow changes among individuals while exercising glossolalia, concluding that the observed changes were consistent with some of the described aspects of glossolalia. Further, the researchers observed no changes in any language areas, suggesting that glossolalia is not associated with usual language function.

New York Times wrote about the study, and it has been published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, Volume 148, Issue 1, 22 November 2006, Pages 67-71.

Answer 4

I doubt it. When our youngest did that we'd say "he's receiving final instructions" ...ha!

Not sure how old the baby is, but I'm guessing under 2. He's just learning how to vocalize. Soon they will be words. You'll reach a point ....around 12.....when you'll wish he was just babbling again!

Answer 5

It grew to become into meant for a prophet to have the means to evangelise in tongues and there have been may be a translator for each language team that grew to become into modern-day who might 'translate' the sermon into their very own language.

Answer 6

Yes. And the tongue is called "Baby Talk".

Answer 7

i don't think you are thinking clearly about this one go pick up a parenting book that will have all the answers you need not every single teeny tiny thing has an involvement with god

Answer 8

that is what I call mockery in the highest form.

"O be careful little tongue what you say...
O be careful little tongue what you say...
There's a Father up above, looking down on you in love,
So be careful little tongue what you say..."

Answer 9

You need an Exorcist...no wait...they are Catholic Priest...don't mix well with little boys! Scratch that idea... : (

Answer 10

"Speaking in Tongues" diagnosed by brilliant medical doctors Falwell, Gay Meth Haggard, etc.......................is simply retardation.

Ironically, the disease that Falwell suffers.