2007-03-19 08:58:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People respond differently in church services depending on their personality and the experience they are having in that service. Jonathan Edwards, a leader in the often emotionally charged "Great Awakening" of the 18th century maintained that emotions and "bodily effects" (trembling, falling etc.) were not reliable measures of the working of God's Spirit one way or another. Such phenomenon, he insisted, can indeed by evidence of the Spirit's working but the Spirit may also work apart from such phenomenon being present. Neither the quiet nor the loud are necessarily more spiritual and neither are necessarily less spiritual. As long as biblical instructions regarding doing all things decently and in order are observed it seems best to leave such things to God and the individual.
2007-03-19 09:23:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when some people are shouting and crying that mostly means they've been touch by the holy spirt or there being deliverd from whatever situation going on in there life or they could just be releasing something from there past and some are quite because there just not touched or because they might be haveing there own reflecting time or praying or just listening to what the preacher is saying
2007-03-19 16:11:02 · answer #2 · answered by theresa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe use a different word than scream,,when you go to a ball game, some people cheer, clap, and shout. Others do not. Some, being a christian is a victorious way of life, redeemed, blessed. They KNOW God's presence or happy to see God do a work in someones life.
2007-03-19 16:12:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason some flowers smell wonderful, and others have no smell; for the same reason some birds are clothed with beautiful plumage, while others are colored with dull feathers.... GOD likes VARIETY in His creations. Some of us are very animated and vocal, others are more reserved and quiet. As long as we worship in spirit and in truth, what's the diff?
2007-03-19 16:06:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, I wonder if people cry and scream, in the hopes that someone will "see how much faith they have in God and the Holy Spirit".
In other words, if they are "ACTING" and not really feeling anything from God.
2007-03-19 16:07:33 · answer #5 · answered by whathappentothisnation 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i am not of the christian faith but i have gone to church a few times and man it was weird
people cryin, screamin, and actin crazy
i was freaked out because in my mosque we dont do that we talk quietly andits just way different
2007-03-19 16:10:11 · answer #6 · answered by noori_unisa 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People are different and I'm glad we are not robots. Some cry when they are happy, some laugh and some just sit back and enjoy.
2007-03-19 16:02:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You will observe the same thing at a football game...some are more reserved and stoic than others.
2007-03-19 16:07:16 · answer #8 · answered by bonsai bobby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scream? Where do you worship? Doesn't sound very reverent to me.
2007-03-19 16:05:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has a different way to show their emotions and enthusiasism
2007-03-19 16:03:39 · answer #10 · answered by candy8 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋