Is the language of "toungue" that christians speak an actualy language?

Question

Ok wizzards.... what languages?

Answer 1

It is delusion. Some people who already know a smattering of a language not known to those around them may us it as part of their display, but no. Speaking in tongues as a result of being infused with the Holy Spirit has yet to happen.

One thing you can pick out of it usually are certain sounds that are pretty much the same ones infants make when they experiment with sound but haven't yet learned to speak. Nonsense sounds, many of which are not used in a persons native language and hence fall to the wayside. Thus they sound "real" to people who want them to.

Answer 2

I don't believe so. If you read my earlier answer, I believe speaking in tongues originally was nothing different than speaking in actual human languages that are recorded today. If anyone can translate the modern practice of speaking in tongues, I'd be interested to hear about it, but if know one can understand and translate speaking in tongues, then this gift is useless according to the Bible.

Answer 3

I think that I understand what you are saying, and I TRY a lot of the time not to use "theology words", in part because I am not a theologian, and in part, because other people don't understand the terminology. But, the fact of the matter is that what you said in your details is exactly the truth -- "when I ask them qs's... they use Bible verses... talking to me like someone from a "different world" (again, metaphorically!) as they are not non-believers anymore, not an agnostic anymore. And they no longer speak the same "language" they used to when they weren't Christians..." After awhile, because you ARE on "a different road" from the rest of the world, and because the balance shifts eventually, and the amount of time that you have spent in churches, in Bible study, and among other Christians means that you DO develop a different language with different terminology, different definitions, different standards and so on . You may not be from "a different planet", but, you do, in essence, become a citizen of "a different world" -- And, to some extent the Bible does become your "language", because it is where the terms from that "different world" that you are trying to explain originated, and because it is where your King, and His Apostles "explained" them FIRST, FOR YOU! For instance, Jesus spoke of being "born again". Well, as Christians, we have this term, and it IS part of our "language" -- and we forget that a non-believer may have NO IDEA what we mean by the term. Even Nicodemus, who Jesus was speaking to when He used that term, and who was a priest of the temple was baffled by it, and Jesus had to try to explain it to him. But, when people ask questions "not related" to Christianity (although, truth be told, when you ARE a Christian, there is little, if anything in life that is "not related" to Christianity, one way or another.) I will try to answer that question that they asked. Much of the time, I may not use Bible verses for "non-spiritual" questions, but, occasionally I might. However, because I am a Christian, wouldn't it be "abnormal" if the impact of my Christian beliefs didn't also impact my answer, at least, most of the time??? If a person is asking a sincere "spiritual" question, however, we have an obligation to answer them, to the best of our ability if we can, with a spiritual, AND A SCRIPTURAL answer, again, to the best of our ability, and we pray, God helping us to do so rightly. While we MIGHT not always use Bible verses, or post them as a resource, we are to answer as Christians, from a Biblical perspective. In fact, to do otherwise would be dishonest, and it would be a sin -- because OUR opinion is not what matters on spiritual questions. It is the "opinion" or the position of God and the faith that we represent that matters at that point. Do that make sense to you?

Answer 4

On the several times when I have heard people speaking in tongues, it sounded like complete gibberish, to me, not like a language. No one understood what was being said.

This is my opinion: The purpose of speaking in tongues is to praise God and proclaim the Gospel to others in foreign languages that the tongues-speaker does not understand.

If that is correct, it makes no sense at all for an English speaker sitting in a congregation composed entirely of English speakers to suddenly start speaking in tongues that no one present understands. It serves no useful purpose.

Answer 5

In order to fully understand what the New Testament says about speaking in "tongues" you have to understand what the original Koine Greek word for "Tongues" means. The Greek word is glossa which simply means "human languages". So you tell me. If a person received the gift of "Human languages" would you assume it was a REAL SPOKEN LANGUAGE? I would.

Unfortunately most Christians don't believe the TRUTH and think otherwise.

Answer 6

"Speaking in tongues" is an English idiom that means to speak a foreign language. Specifically it is used in religious terms to mean that a person is speaking a religion that they do not know, but have been given through the holy spirit.

But no, those Pentecostals are just speaking gibberish.

Answer 7

It is a language not known by those around him. It would be like an American going to Thailand and not knowing the language. It is not a written language, but there will be times when you will hear someone speak in tongues and then a person will "hear it" and translate it. Word of God, From God. You cannot learn the language, it just happens.

At least that was my experience growing up in the church,

Answer 8

No. Speaking in tongues has to do with a man needing to communicate with another man, not a "manifestation" of God because he feels like manifesting himself. Christians (collectively speaking) have no idea what this Gift of the Spirit is for, and so superstition has really had fun with this one, which becomes their tradition.

The excitement and alarm that a person experiences when they witness a manifestation of "tongues" in a (false) Christian gathering is born entirely of the devils, who inhabit the physical bodies of those who let them. And believe me, they have to LET them. At other times, you will notice that usually the tongues only happens with certain people, who obviously are in a secret combination to deceive everybody else.

But God doesn't use the Gifts of the Spirit for such crass puposes.

The true manifestation of tongues usually occurs among missionaries who are in foreign lands and need help to communicate with the people. In all cases where tongues occurs, there is ALWAYS someone that is given the gift to interpret the tongues manifestation. And how often do you see that among Christian gatherings???

Someone down the list here, shared with you a story of a man going to church and hearing a woman speak his language. That is totally possible, and I gave her a thumbs up for that one. In that case, there was a speaker of tongues, and an interpreter of that tongues.

Unfortunately, the Christians pentacostal types can't get enough of desecrating the pure doctrine of tongues, what with their ridiculous jabber and convulsive orgasms. Anybody who believes this is a manifestation from God is totally off his rocker.

Answer 9

Speaking in tongues is where a person with no prior foreign language skills is able to give a religious sermon in any language that is native to his/her student.

For instance: A disciple who's native language is Aramaic might give a sermon in Greek or Parsi or Latin or Nigerian or Indian depending upon those in his audience.

If someone is claiming to be speaking in tongues, but no language is discernable, then he or she is speaking in Gobbledegooch.

Answer 10

The apostle Paul warns about speaking in tongues
He says speaking in tongues is OK IF what is said is understandable. Otherwise it means nothing.