Ok. I'll ask you this bcz i know you will give a logical answer. Why in some churches the people "dance" and speak "celestial languages" or jump in the floor or faint? Like Benny Hinn whe he does his crusades...it scare me. sorry for ortographical errors.
thanks and have a nice day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lvU-DislkI
2007-12-13 03:59:58 · 36 answers · asked by Pinky 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
'crippling' arthriti....good one
2007-12-13 04:04:31 · update #1
Mostly because it's expected of them. It's peer pressure, and they want to feel like part of the group.
(As for Benny Hinn, well, he's a fraud and the people who go up to him WANT to be healed. It's all psychological. And later they usually end up worse off for their "faith healing" when they should have seen a doctor.)
2007-12-13 04:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes it's social pressure. The utterances have been analysed and found not to have the structure of human natural languages, in that languages always have sounds, either individual "letters", words or phrases, which are more common than others, such as the English letters T and E being more common than B or U and the words "I" and "the" being more frequent than, say, "government" and "taken", but speaking in tongues does not show this feature. Whereas it is possible that a non-human natural language would have a different structure, there are also examples of languages reputed to be from angels which do behave like this, the big example being Enochian, the language used by John Dee. Therefore, it seems unlikely that they are actually speaking in tongues from any language with semantic meaning.
Religions have a Dionysian and an Apollonian side. There is the calm contemplation as exemplified by the Quakers among Christians, who basically have no Dionysian element at all, and there is behaviour like the Toronto Blessing, which is entirely Dionysian without an Apollonian element. People doing this are trying to express the Dionysian aspect of their spirituality. I think there should be a balance between the two. Quakers err on one side, Pentecostalists on the other.
2007-12-13 06:37:24 · answer #2 · answered by grayure 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really believe that if some guy touches your forehead , you'll pass out , then you will . It's called The Power of Suggestion .
This same power is used by faith healers , witch doctors , medicine men , etc . If you really believe , you can be made to feel relief - - - but only for a short time .
In the same way , a curse can be put on you - - - but only if you believe the person can do it .
Those who have no superstitions can't be possessed , can't have a curse put on them , won't fall over when touched by the healer , and won't feel artificial relief from sickness or pain .
Don't be a victim of the Power of Suggestion . Drop all superstitions . Believe only in the natural . The supernatural exists only in the superstitious mind .
2007-12-13 04:15:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you ever have pep rallies at school? They were mandatory when I was in the 12th grade. The students would get fired up, and it was hard not to feel that way, get swept up. It was a little scary, too many people in that spirited mode, in unison.
I would imagine that what happens in the Benny Hinn functions is an exaggerated example of this.
2007-12-13 04:12:13 · answer #4 · answered by Darth Cheney 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe that any kind of religious activity is just a response to a fear of the unknown. Everyone is scared of things that they cannot explain- especially the question of 'what will happen to me when I die?' It's comforting to be able to say 'God will be there for me' or 'I'm going to Heaven'. To speak in tongues or dance around and say the spirit is in you is "proof" there is a God and that there is an answer for things we don't know. I also believe that this is a great hinders human's ability to question the unknown and discover new truths. I'm glad you're questioning an absurd practice!
2007-12-13 04:06:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Taeween is exactly right.
I used to be a Born Again Christian, and did all of the things you described in your question. I believed that God existed with all my heart, and that he interacted directly with humans. I saw other people being effected by the Holy Spirit, and wanted it for myself. So I prayed and prayed and asked the Holy Spirit to enter my body. The first few times, nothing happened. I didn't want to manufacture the event so I tried my best to wait for the real thing.
Eventually, I felt as if God was rejecting me, because I couldn't experience any of the things others around me were experiencing. Then a preacher saw me standing there praying and came up to me and said "God wants you to know that he is Real" That convinced me it was real, because it was exactly what I was struggling with. After that, I just went with the flow, and called it God.
Looking back, I realize that the preachers message wasn't unique, it was in fact a message that I claimed for others who were in the same situation I was time and time again. It worked like a charm. I thought that it was God at the time, because I needed him to exist.
2007-12-13 04:11:33 · answer #6 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Mostly, that is all a scam to dupe the unwary. I suppose 'speaking in tongues' would be valid, if at least one other person recognized the language. Other wise, it is all gibberish without logical basis. Faith healing is just that, FAITH.
Much like a sugar pill (placebo) can cure disease, the human mind is capable of amazing things, sometimes it just needs a little encouragement.
2007-12-13 04:06:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Benny Hinn is a false teacher in a bad suit. Thats why.
2007-12-13 04:03:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Same technique/same logic --some american indians would sit in "steam houses" without eating--eventually having hallucinations--"communing with the great spirit", aborigones go on the walk about. In all of these various things one conciously or unconciously takes away a point of reference to reality--free association given reign--unlocking the id to a shrink--common throughtout the world --same technique is used in some forms of psychotherapy.
2007-12-13 04:06:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because that's what is expected of them in their churches. In some other churces people are expected to give responses or kneel or sing at a particular time. In other services, people are expected to speak if the spirit moves them. In still others, people are supposed to watch as the liturgy unfolds in front of them. Everyone does it a little differently. Nothing to fear at all.
2007-12-13 04:05:07 · answer #10 · answered by Let Me Think 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋