Comments on: Claiming Tongues are Satanic

By: Shelby

Shelby — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:25:11 +0000

I have never been Baptist, but I was Pentecostal during the last of my fundy years. I had always wanted to be able to speak in tongues. The Pentecostal church that I went to held ‘speaking in tongues’ in high regard. I remember almost every one in my youth group could speak in tongues, but I could not. I remember feeling so ashamed that I could not speak in tongues as well.
The church I went to had a weekly summer camp, & at the camp the adults said something along the lines of “If you would like to learn how to speak in tongues please come to the altar during chapel.” I thought that was so strange because I didnt believe that speaking in tongues was something a person could learn.
Maybe I never spoke in tongues because I doubted what the adults said about ‘learning how to speak in tongues.’ Haha I’m just kidding

By: Charebo

Charebo — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:03:33 +0000

And of course, in addition to Steve’s point, it was specified pretty strongly that someone could only speak in tongues if there was someone present who had the gift of interpretation so that it was edifying to all, not just the one person. Curious that you don’t see that today…

By: Steve Condrey

Steve Condrey — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:31:46 +0000

One thing that struck me about all the prayer tongues I’ve ever heard: many of them sound repetitive, which makes me wonder if these prayers aren’t just more vain repetition. And has anyone tried to translate a prayer tongue to English, or develop an orthography for a prayer tongue?

I actually knew one person who would not only pray in tongues, but would interject with her prayer tongue in everyday conversation as well! (nice lady; she and her husband are now missionaries in Poland, have the obligatory full quiver, and email me once a year to let me know that God is intimately concerned about my voting record )

The tongues in Acts refer to actual languages–a useful gift to have for a brand-new church that seeks to reach people throughout the world. Each person could be understood by others who also knew that language. I don’t see that happening with the ‘prayer tongues’ we hear today, which is why I’ve rejected the practice. It edifies no one but the speaker (and even that is dubious).

Of course, YMMV…and I don’t see the issue as something for believers to be fighting over at the expense of actually serving Christ.

By: Scorpio

Scorpio — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:48:40 +0000

Another thing that has always confused me about the IFBers. They are so against tongues, saying it is unbiblical. Yet the people who “speak in tongues” will say that it is biblical. But IFBers (at least the church I attended) strongly believed in healing through the annoiting of the sick with oil and praying. They so pick and choose what they like.

By: UH

UH — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:01:01 +0000

“… we choose to maximize the things that unite (the Gospel, Jesus Christ, love, service, social justice, music, media, arts) and minimize the things that divide.”

What a beautiful statement. I’ve also heard it said as “having a shared view of heaven with people who disagree on earth.” It’s a wonderful, amazing, powerful thing when we can put aside our petty differences and go out and truly change the world and show God’s love!

By: Jordan M. Poss

Jordan M. Poss — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:10:08 +0000

“I wonder what letter Paul was in 1 cor. 1:11?”

Stuff fundies like: non sequiturs.

By: John

John — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:25:22 +0000

Actually in the second case, I and others in my church was C. The first case, probably the same. I wonder what letter Paul was in 1 cor. 1:11? You have an intersting website. I am trying to start Brazillian churches here in Brazil.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:07:24 +0000

So person A heard this, reported it to group B, where it was learned by person C and then reported on to you, person D?

That’s a lot of degrees of separation.

By: John Proios

John Proios — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:03:10 +0000

Greetings,
I heard of this happening on the UFM complex in Belem, Brazil. The person who told me about was a Wycliffe missionary who later became a Word of Life Missionary here in the Amazon. A woman was praying in her “prayer language” and a gardener (who was Japonese) understood the comments (Jesus Christ being cursed in Japonese) reported it to the leadership at the mission property. Sorry about the typos. I also know about a person who saw it happen in Thomas Road Baptist Church about 15 years ago.
For what it is worth.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:01:28 +0000

or Boston, I love it!!!!!!!!Born Pentecostal convert to Catholicism…….Where we do believe in the sign gifts.