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From: avi@pegasus.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Speaking in forked tongues
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Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 02:40:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 14 02:40:32 1984
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I still don't understand what all this stuff about talking in tongues is
about? Why is talking without making any sense considered useful, or a gift
from G-D? I can understand (somewhat) if people magically learn to use a new
language. However, random sounds seem rather silly. In many societies, this
was considered evidence of possession by a demon (not the UNIX(TM) kind) and
many epileptics and senile individuals were killed.

What do these tongue-twisters want? Do they wish to join the rabble babbling
meaninglessly at the tower of Babel? Is there any effect similar to TM, or
to hypnosis, when repeating nonsense syllables? I too speak many tongues,
but they are all recognized in countries around the globe. They were also
not granted as a gift -- I worked at them. I could probably pass in some of
these churches, because I could chant a medley of words that would mean
little to the average 1.2 language well-educated American. :-)

P.S. It is hard to be a false prophet when you didn't really say anything.
-- 
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