Went to a church yesterday where ppl were doing this, seemed like self-induced mass hysteria or something to me...definitely not spritual, and in fact rather scary
2007-05-16 22:18:34 · 16 answers · asked by josietheninja 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yep, i do find it weird. and scary. if people behaved like that out on the street they'd be taken to hospital.
2007-05-16 22:22:13 · answer #1 · answered by AJ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look, There is absolutley nothing scary or weird about The Loving God of this Universe to show His love and care for you and want to fill you with Joy unspeakable in your soul.
Don't be ignorant when it comes to such things. I was filled with the Holy Spirit with "evidence" of speaking with other tongues when I was just a teen. I wasn't really prepared for it. I was kinda shy about it. But while I was praying with my whole heart and glorifying God in Heaven, it just happened. I wasn't coached or anything. I was alone praying in my church. I started to utter words that were more perfect than my own. I felt like I was aware of some of the things I was saying by how I felt. I knew I was glorifying God and loving Him perfectly. Sometimes tongues are used to do spiritual battle. It's a gift, not a curse. You should really speak to a Spirit lead Minister if your seriously offed by this. Yes I have shaken sometimes.Not by my own accord. Wouldn't you shake if you were in the presence of someone so important? Now this is God!!!!! ALso, I begin to dance like I'm on fire. Only it feels so wonderful. It's a "relaionship" with God that allows me to not question how He will bless me and touch my soul.If you ever are filled like this I know you'll never regret it.
You can't "make" these things happen.It's the touch of the Holy Spirit. But I realize there are people who fake it. Some from ignorance and others for attention.
2007-05-16 23:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by Honee-Bee93 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaking in tongues is a Spiritual Gift.
Read 1 Corinthians 14:1-25
2007-05-16 22:28:27 · answer #3 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he he he he he he!!!
it seems you have never been to a charismatic mass before!!!
thats what happens!
yeah...it might seem a bit weird at first, but i can assure you that the ppl are ok! in fact, they are ON FIRE!!!
it is the HOLY SPIRIT that enabes them to speak in tongues.
i've actually seen this before and its true! no kidding they are holy ppl!! they have a more personal relationship with God than most other ppl.
God isnt just a faceless being confined to a church building. He is ALL AROUND US EVERYWHERE!!
and He loves us so much! if people just accepted God in their lives, they would feel so much better (and probably be better people too!) He cares about all of us and wants to be a part of our lives!
hey, dont be scared of the 'shaking-tongue speaking' people! they are just full of Holy Spirit! good people!
God Bless you all!!
2007-05-16 22:52:25 · answer #4 · answered by Robin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea the first time i saw someone doing that I thought it was kinda freaky...especially watching a 9 year old Caucasian girl obviously speaking in Arabic. It's called speaking in tongues and it's a gift of the Holy Spirit. Some people shake some don't. But when the Holy Spirit gets a hold of me I flop like a fish!
2007-05-16 22:24:00 · answer #5 · answered by † H20andspirit 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
* 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.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).
* 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.
2007-05-16 22:21:10 · answer #6 · answered by eldad9 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They call them the Pentecostals. Although at one time talking in tongues was a given gift, it is no longer used today except by the Pentecostal Church also known as Assemblies of God. Unless there is an interpreter and everyone can understand, alot of it is fake.
2007-05-16 23:06:05 · answer #7 · answered by Dakota Lynn Takes Gun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is weird and I think that you must have your own personal relationship with God and if you cant speak in tongues and then so what at least you can talk with him and actually understand what you are saying
Don't even be intamidated by these people
Some people loves the dramatic and are impressed with this hysteria.
lucky for me Im not one of them it actauly scares me as well
2007-05-16 22:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by janice m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, speaking in tongues is Biblical (Acts 13), shaking I don't know, could be a natural reaction to the presence of God,could be a person just trying to attention, could be some kind of manifestation of the Holy Spirit.
2007-05-16 22:28:08 · answer #9 · answered by god_chic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the vast majority of believers who claim to practice the gift of speaking in tongues don't do so in agreement with the scriptures. these facts lead to the conclusion that the gift of tongues has ceased, or is at least a rarity in God's plan for the church today.
2007-05-16 22:21:24 · answer #10 · answered by Silver 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tongues is one of the gifts of the spirit. I don't know anything about the church you went to.
It happens mostly in pentecostal churches but I have heard of it happening in Baptist also.
2007-05-17 11:03:27 · answer #11 · answered by Old Hickory 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋