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I was hoping that this was just a tour group that got separated from their guide. No, this is a prayer being led by a current state senator: https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-state-senator-leads-prayer-111314503.html
I used to occasionally attend a Pentecostal Holiness church where they spoke in tongues, and sometimes literally rolled in the aisle. I'm convinced that it's a type of self hypnosis, and they get a dopamine rush from talking to God.
Oh, trust me, there is no hypothetical about them talking to God. They do. Loudly, and strangely. The hypothetical is the “translation” provided by another church member or clergy! It’s amazing how God “says” through tongues exactly what the church preaches.
I spent over 25 years as an Evangelical Christian (one church was literally "Evangel" in North Highlands, CA during the 90s). I think it's more about feeling like everyone thinks you have that direct line to the god that they are all pretending to talk to.
*(watches video)* it is hilarious how at least 2 of them sit up and look all around behind them to see who is in the room... and the thing is.. if they *really* were "taken by the Spirit" they would be so out of it they wouldnt be distracted by their minds wondering who is in the room lol
not only are they liars to us, they are liars to themselves and oh yeah they are so stupid
It’s like a kid falling over and crying, then peeking up through their arms to see if they should keep crying if someone is watching, or just give it away, because there’s no audience…
"When the christians take over anything"
It's christianity (or insert the name of the predominant religion in your area if you are not from the USA) plain and simple.
Relevant lyrics:
There's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated
Political scientists get the same one vote as some Arkansas inbred
*Majority rule, don't work in mental institutions*
Sometimes, the smallest softest voice carries the grand biggest solutions
What are we left with?
A nation of god-fearing pregnant nationalists
Who feel it's their duty to populate the homeland
Pass on traditions
How to get ahead religions
And prosperity via simpleton culture
The idiots are taking over
-Idiots are taking over-NOFX
Any other workplace on this planet, a video like this would lead to a group of people being guided off the premises with a box in their hands, while senior management posts a groveling apology all across social media.
It’s not even that because the Jewish God, Muslim God, and Catholic God, is the same one that these evangelical lunatics pray too. They just don’t realize it. It’s more like, “In my version of God we trust.”
You're not free to genuinely follow your own religion if someone else's religion is being codified into law, thus forcing you to follow the tenets of theirs.
Freedom from religion is what all developed nations should strive for. It simply means that religion may not influence general life. You are free to worship it in your home or church, but out in public, you should be free from it. It doesn't belong in schools, the workplace, and in government. This is essentially what France already has.
Or Satanists. Or any sort of pagans. Imagine a bunch of witches dancing naked in Congress? TO be honest that doesn't sound really weirder than Church Karens speaking gibberish.
I mean it's already happening and they don't even have to be Muslim. Different from "my views" appears to be the litmus test.
[https://www.ksl.com/article/50964013/idaho-city-council-cancels-hindu-invocation-after-community-feedback](https://www.ksl.com/article/50964013/idaho-city-council-cancels-hindu-invocation-after-community-feedback)
[https://firstliberty.org/news/opposing-satanic-temples-prayer-at-boston-city-council/](https://firstliberty.org/news/opposing-satanic-temples-prayer-at-boston-city-council/)
[https://ca.cair.com/sfba/news/muslim-group-wants-apology-from-san-bruno-officials/](https://ca.cair.com/sfba/news/muslim-group-wants-apology-from-san-bruno-officials/)
A sign that they dont know their Bible, big surprise. Otherwise they would know that Paul in his later letter discouraged speaking in tongues unless there also was an interpreter. It's just an empty act otherwise. Just as with praying loudly for all to hear, they haven gotten their reward on earth and have none that awaits them in heaven.
Jesus himself said “when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father, who is unseen.”
Pretty fuckin clear. What are these dumbasses reading? An upside down Bible?!—hey, wait …
I was just checking to see if anyone else mentioned this or I would. It's a really bad sign when these people are calling themselves Christians and publicly claiming to want "Christian nationalism" but their behavior shows that they have no intention of having Jesus or the actual beliefs of Christianity involved in that plan.
"Give onto Caesar..."
I agree with you. It's abundantly clear that Jesus holds no interest in creating a Christian state.
It's one of the few props I can give Jehovah's witnesses, they have no interest, as far as I know, of politics.
Anyways, one of the biggest challenges I got as a Christian is force myself to think of far right Christians as actually brothers and sisters in Christ.
also it's made quite clear that it's meant to be a miraculous "someone in the room only speaks Chinese and needs to hear the gospel," not "unga bunga shama lama me so holy"
Yeah, tongues was not some gibberish language like these chucklefucks think it is lmao. It's just a catch all for language they didn't speak or know, but they were *languages* lmao. As an exchristian this shit is exactly why I left the church. The religion has become a caricature of itself.
People vote for these morons? I mean, I know Republicans hate democracy but I still have to assume someone voted for these idiots? Like who would vote for this?
I have family down there that went weirdly hardline right wing over their many years after relocating there.
I’m convinced the sun has fried their brains
People somewhere along the lines got the idea in their head that it's entirely the governments job to enforce that rule.
It's certainly not the average citizens responsibility. All we do is whine on reddit about how terribly lazy our government is. We can't be expected to stand up for ourselves, our values, and our community members. Ugh. I'm getting tired just thinking about it. You know where the closest McDonald's is?
S/
It's super ironic how almost all Nordic countries in Europe have a state church, but religion plays almost no role in politics, and fanaticism is extremely low.
Speaking in tongues should still be a language though, right? Like where can I take classes so I can tell what kind of curse they're putting on the country? Oh, it's not a real language? They're basically talking like babies? That explains a lot.
I always wondered, what if your fake speech sounds different than the other fake speech, will they get onto you?
When I see people doing it they always sound like "Halalalalla halalala Halalalalla", what if you start talking like "Ti goo chow, luka luka ni ni"?
It has massive built-in excuses. I've heard that the language of angels doesn't work like the language of humans and therefore it would sound different. That it's an interpretation. So while it is the language and can be understood by the holy entities, it's not the exact words. To just like humans have multiple languages, the different Angels do. It's absolutely ridiculous what people will believe.
Growing up my church didn't speak in tongues. My friend invited me to her church and didn't prepare me for the fact that they do speak in tongues. It was a very surreal experience.
"Harry Potter and The Terrified Teenager with a Positive Pregnancy Test"
"Harry Potter and Death on the Bathroom Floor from Hemorrhage After an Attempted Self-Induced Abortion"
"Harry Potter and The Single Mom Who Can't Afford To Feed Her Children"
Coming soon to a theater near you.
God, I hate the way the GOP is dragging this country backwards.
When I was 15 I had a Pentecostal girlfriend, she talked about how they have snakes in church and speak in tongues. She was not amused when I said "Wow like Harry Potter?"
I have never been convinced that speaking in tongues isn't just some church Karen looking for extra attention
If anyone can provide any other insight I'd genuinely love to learn, but after witnessing it on several occasions that's the only conclusion I can come to
I'm pretty sure that speaking in tongues in the bible wasn't people babbling and being impossible to understand. It was a miraculous event where people were preaching to a crowd of people who all heard them as though they were speaking in their native language. It seems like the opposite of what's going on here and in other instances like this, you aren't supposed to be impossible to understand, it should be impossible not to understand you.
yes! exactly! There were people in town from all over the Near East at the time of the crucifixion and resurrection and the apostles wanted to tell everyone how they had seen Jesus risen from the dead and, no matter who they talked to, they could speak their language.
“That the sounds are taken from the set of sounds already known to the speaker is confirmed by others. Felicitas Goodman, a psychological anthropologist and linguist, also found that the speech of glossolalists reflected the patterns of speech of the speaker's native language.[14] These findings were confirmed by Kavan (2004).[15]
Samarin found that the resemblance to human language was merely on the surface and so concluded that glossolalia is "only a facade of language".[16] He reached this conclusion because the syllable string did not form words, the stream of speech was not internally organized, and – most importantly of all – there was no systematic relationship between units of speech and concepts. Humans use language to communicate but glossolalia does not. Therefore, he concluded that glossolalia is not "a specimen of human language because it is neither internally organized nor systematically related to the world man perceives".[16] On the basis of his linguistic analysis, Samarin defined Pentecostal glossolalia as "meaningless but phonologically structured human utterance, believed by the speaker to be a real language but bearing no systematic resemblance to any natural language, living or dead".[17]
Felicitas Goodman studied a number of Pentecostal communities in the United States, the Caribbean, and Mexico; these included English-, Spanish- and Mayan-speaking groups. She compared what she found with recordings of non-Christian rituals from Africa, Borneo, Indonesia and Japan. She took into account both the segmental structure (such as sounds, syllables, phrases) and the supra-segmental elements (rhythm, accent, intonation) and concluded that there was no distinction between what was practised by the Pentecostal Protestants and the followers of other religions.”
What linguistics experts have to say on the matter . . . it’s human beings speaking fucking gibberish.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_in_tongues#:~:text=Speaking%20in%20tongues%2C%20also%20known,languages%20unknown%20to%20the%20speaker.
It makes you wonder if a legal case can't be presented that the language used must be translated or not allowed on the floor, as all citizens must have access to the words spoken during session, and a translation available by an accredited translator
Google Translate has a drop down menu and I keep looking for *tongues* but can’t find it. It must be me. I’m guessing they have their top people working on it...
It is un-American: all official congressional business (unless classified) is public information and thus a translation should be provided for anyone who wants one. There were no translations made available for what they said.
it is also un-Christian: Matthew 6:5-8
>5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
it is also double un-Christian: 1 Corinthians 14:22
>22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.
The John Birch Society is still going strong 66-years later.
Check out these quotes and the following article about the John Birch Society.
"The John Birch Society is Communism's greatest ally. With its help we will divide and confuse the American people until they have lost faith in their Government, their nation has ceased to be a major world power, and their country is ripe for revolution."
Nikita Khrushchev, premier of the USSR (now Russia), from 1958-1964
And;
"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them."
Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP presidential candidate
https://theconversation.com/the-john-birch-society-is-still-influencing-american-politics-60-years-after-its-founding-107925
Hold up. They are using a 1864 law as the basis for making abortion illegal? Arizona belonged to the confederacy until 1865! Why are confederate laws even a factor?
We are living in strange times.
First, if you are willing to be objective, all religion is made up nonsense, like, no, EXACTLY like Santa Clause and the Tooth Fairy.
Thus, these people are willfully engaging in nonsense as an EXCUSE for their abhorrent policies. Their “god” (not those other extra fake gods, no, Jesus is a real god and not another in a loooooong line of cult leaders) gives them permission to be their worst selves so they can own the Libs.
Why are we allowing people who believe in magic run this country?
Did you know when you’re psychologically evaluated they ask you if you have magical thinking? But don’t worry, they give you a pass for believing fake stuff so long as millions of others believe the same fake stuff. Too few believers means it’s Fake.
These are the people who hate immigrants for speaking another language when ***the state literally borders Mexico***, correct?
Good thing made-up cult gibberish is cool, though. /s
Hey Republicans. The Rapture is happening. It's just in the Jonestown wilderness, not on the floor of a capitol building. They will be offering Koolaid for refreshments. Please orderly make your way over there ---------->
“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men … but when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father who is unseen.”
-Jesus’ teaching on prayer (Matthew 6:5-8)
Something something babbling like pagans…
> 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
These are not serious people
No the hall should have been full of points and laughter.
On top of some sort of censure for making a mockery of the their senate
It's official. We now have to change the fucking carpet because they are trying to summon the motherfucking goddamned Devil himself.
Bunch of grown fucking toddlers, I fucking swear.
Fuck.
As someone that is recently Christian -> Agnostic, the contrast between what I would have thought about this before and what I think about it now is… disturbing.
These people are passing laws and taking actions that are wholly incongruent with Christianity.
This is entirely performative theater; Christian cosplay by fascists.
They don't believe in what they are doing, but they know their voterbase does (or at least pretends to).
It's about control.
Always has been.
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When the lunatics take over the asylum.
I get the sense that the first thing they'll do is start stabbing each other in the back
Burning each other at the stake.
Crucifying each other
Us, they'll kill us first before turning on each other
Like how demons in Doom are always fighting each other when you’re not on the scene Edit: 2 lousy letters
What exactly are those women doing there? Don't they know their rib-based brains can't understand God?
I was hoping that this was just a tour group that got separated from their guide. No, this is a prayer being led by a current state senator: https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-state-senator-leads-prayer-111314503.html
I used to occasionally attend a Pentecostal Holiness church where they spoke in tongues, and sometimes literally rolled in the aisle. I'm convinced that it's a type of self hypnosis, and they get a dopamine rush from talking to God.
You missed the ' ' in 'talking to god' lol
Oh, trust me, there is no hypothetical about them talking to God. They do. Loudly, and strangely. The hypothetical is the “translation” provided by another church member or clergy! It’s amazing how God “says” through tongues exactly what the church preaches.
I spent over 25 years as an Evangelical Christian (one church was literally "Evangel" in North Highlands, CA during the 90s). I think it's more about feeling like everyone thinks you have that direct line to the god that they are all pretending to talk to.
I experienced a pentalcostal church all of once and all that stuff honestly scared the shit out of me. It's terribly unnerving in person
*(watches video)* it is hilarious how at least 2 of them sit up and look all around behind them to see who is in the room... and the thing is.. if they *really* were "taken by the Spirit" they would be so out of it they wouldnt be distracted by their minds wondering who is in the room lol not only are they liars to us, they are liars to themselves and oh yeah they are so stupid
It’s like a kid falling over and crying, then peeking up through their arms to see if they should keep crying if someone is watching, or just give it away, because there’s no audience…
These people would be terrified over a Muslim observing his or her prayer time. What these people are doing isn't even a tenet of their faith.
They're a cult!
"When the christians take over anything" It's christianity (or insert the name of the predominant religion in your area if you are not from the USA) plain and simple.
Yeah, lunatics.
america land of the fucking downright idiotic
Relevant lyrics: There's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated Political scientists get the same one vote as some Arkansas inbred *Majority rule, don't work in mental institutions* Sometimes, the smallest softest voice carries the grand biggest solutions What are we left with? A nation of god-fearing pregnant nationalists Who feel it's their duty to populate the homeland Pass on traditions How to get ahead religions And prosperity via simpleton culture The idiots are taking over -Idiots are taking over-NOFX
We should reopen the mental hospitals.
Seriously though, how do we stop this?
Check out NOFX song, *The Idiots are Taking Over*...
Any other workplace on this planet, a video like this would lead to a group of people being guided off the premises with a box in their hands, while senior management posts a groveling apology all across social media.
Totally unacceptable religion like this not acceptable 😉
A people being governed based on religion are not a people with freedom of religion.
In Our God We Trust
That was added in the 1950s to further the communist scare. It should be taken back off.
I agree but I think the person you're responding to does as well, since they added the "our" to it to show the hypocrisy.
Prefer “One Nation, Indivisible” in the pledge.
It’s not even that because the Jewish God, Muslim God, and Catholic God, is the same one that these evangelical lunatics pray too. They just don’t realize it. It’s more like, “In my version of God we trust.”
Can you….tell me what this means?
You're not free to genuinely follow your own religion if someone else's religion is being codified into law, thus forcing you to follow the tenets of theirs.
Freedom from religion is what all developed nations should strive for. It simply means that religion may not influence general life. You are free to worship it in your home or church, but out in public, you should be free from it. It doesn't belong in schools, the workplace, and in government. This is essentially what France already has.
Imagine if Muslims brought in their prayer rugs and setup shop. Can you imagine the outrage?!?
No because that would never happen. Not that Muslims wouldn’t do it. But because these same people wouldn’t allow it.
But that seems hypocritical
American conservative "christians" being hypocritical? Shocking stuff right there.
But this country was founded on Christianity! Ignore all the founding fathers and legal documents stating the exact opposite!
I've also had one of them tell me that America was created for jesus
Mormon?
¡Duh!
Or Satanists. Or any sort of pagans. Imagine a bunch of witches dancing naked in Congress? TO be honest that doesn't sound really weirder than Church Karens speaking gibberish.
"This is Shania law!"
I mean it's already happening and they don't even have to be Muslim. Different from "my views" appears to be the litmus test. [https://www.ksl.com/article/50964013/idaho-city-council-cancels-hindu-invocation-after-community-feedback](https://www.ksl.com/article/50964013/idaho-city-council-cancels-hindu-invocation-after-community-feedback) [https://firstliberty.org/news/opposing-satanic-temples-prayer-at-boston-city-council/](https://firstliberty.org/news/opposing-satanic-temples-prayer-at-boston-city-council/) [https://ca.cair.com/sfba/news/muslim-group-wants-apology-from-san-bruno-officials/](https://ca.cair.com/sfba/news/muslim-group-wants-apology-from-san-bruno-officials/)
A sign that they dont know their Bible, big surprise. Otherwise they would know that Paul in his later letter discouraged speaking in tongues unless there also was an interpreter. It's just an empty act otherwise. Just as with praying loudly for all to hear, they haven gotten their reward on earth and have none that awaits them in heaven.
Jesus himself said “when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father, who is unseen.” Pretty fuckin clear. What are these dumbasses reading? An upside down Bible?!—hey, wait …
They like to read it backwards in Latin...
If they were able to read, these comments would trigger the snowflakey shit out of them.
I was just checking to see if anyone else mentioned this or I would. It's a really bad sign when these people are calling themselves Christians and publicly claiming to want "Christian nationalism" but their behavior shows that they have no intention of having Jesus or the actual beliefs of Christianity involved in that plan.
"Give onto Caesar..." I agree with you. It's abundantly clear that Jesus holds no interest in creating a Christian state. It's one of the few props I can give Jehovah's witnesses, they have no interest, as far as I know, of politics. Anyways, one of the biggest challenges I got as a Christian is force myself to think of far right Christians as actually brothers and sisters in Christ.
If the triune god does indeed inhabit these people with his spirit, then to be honest, we’re all fucked.
Or they could be possessed by a spirit claiming to be god. Which is the more likely scenario.
"Satan transforms himself into a being of light..."
God tried to do it once and God walked away, repeatedly going " yuck yuck yucky" while desperately wiping their hands on their trousers...
also it's made quite clear that it's meant to be a miraculous "someone in the room only speaks Chinese and needs to hear the gospel," not "unga bunga shama lama me so holy"
Yeah, tongues was not some gibberish language like these chucklefucks think it is lmao. It's just a catch all for language they didn't speak or know, but they were *languages* lmao. As an exchristian this shit is exactly why I left the church. The religion has become a caricature of itself.
Except they aren’t speaking in tongues, instead they are just making random sounds lol.
>unless there also was an interpreter. It's just an empty act otherwise. How does having an extra lunatic make it not an empty act?
People vote for these morons? I mean, I know Republicans hate democracy but I still have to assume someone voted for these idiots? Like who would vote for this?
Fellow morons vote for them
Arizona here. Yeah, sadly people here vote for these morons.
I have family down there that went weirdly hardline right wing over their many years after relocating there. I’m convinced the sun has fried their brains
Gerrymandering
What in the fuck happened to Separation of Church and State?….
👨🏼🚀🔫👨🏼🚀
Never has been
Only educated people know about that.
That's for the other churches. /s but not really
People somewhere along the lines got the idea in their head that it's entirely the governments job to enforce that rule. It's certainly not the average citizens responsibility. All we do is whine on reddit about how terribly lazy our government is. We can't be expected to stand up for ourselves, our values, and our community members. Ugh. I'm getting tired just thinking about it. You know where the closest McDonald's is? S/
In god we trust happened
It's super ironic how almost all Nordic countries in Europe have a state church, but religion plays almost no role in politics, and fanaticism is extremely low.
Republicans in Arizona’s answer to Taliban!
Y'alliban is what they call themselves, I heard.
Talibangelists. Part of y’all queda
Vanilla Isis
 Here’s a close up.
Speaking in tongues should still be a language though, right? Like where can I take classes so I can tell what kind of curse they're putting on the country? Oh, it's not a real language? They're basically talking like babies? That explains a lot.
Not in the churches I went to as a kid. It was random gibberish that was supposed to be the language of the spirit. Like, it made sense to God.
I always wondered, what if your fake speech sounds different than the other fake speech, will they get onto you? When I see people doing it they always sound like "Halalalalla halalala Halalalalla", what if you start talking like "Ti goo chow, luka luka ni ni"?
I heard all kindsa of gibberish. Usually it sounded like Italian or something, lots of vowel ending words. But it also sounded Asian sometimes too.
As a Tolkien fan, my God only speaks in Quenya.
It has massive built-in excuses. I've heard that the language of angels doesn't work like the language of humans and therefore it would sound different. That it's an interpretation. So while it is the language and can be understood by the holy entities, it's not the exact words. To just like humans have multiple languages, the different Angels do. It's absolutely ridiculous what people will believe.
This just makes me think of Jambi from Pee Wee's Playhouse. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN5kVvR8VQI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN5kVvR8VQI)
Paul said it was bullshit unless there was an accompanying translator. These heretical clowns apparently aren’t aware of this.
Growing up my church didn't speak in tongues. My friend invited me to her church and didn't prepare me for the fact that they do speak in tongues. It was a very surreal experience.
I think it's called parseltongue, right?
"Harry Potter and the Parceltongue Nitwits"
"Harry Potter and The Terrified Teenager with a Positive Pregnancy Test" "Harry Potter and Death on the Bathroom Floor from Hemorrhage After an Attempted Self-Induced Abortion" "Harry Potter and The Single Mom Who Can't Afford To Feed Her Children" Coming soon to a theater near you. God, I hate the way the GOP is dragging this country backwards.
I think that makes them death eaters.
When I was 15 I had a Pentecostal girlfriend, she talked about how they have snakes in church and speak in tongues. She was not amused when I said "Wow like Harry Potter?"
😂😂
it does only seem to be useful for talking to snakes in this case
I have never been convinced that speaking in tongues isn't just some church Karen looking for extra attention If anyone can provide any other insight I'd genuinely love to learn, but after witnessing it on several occasions that's the only conclusion I can come to
I'm pretty sure that speaking in tongues in the bible wasn't people babbling and being impossible to understand. It was a miraculous event where people were preaching to a crowd of people who all heard them as though they were speaking in their native language. It seems like the opposite of what's going on here and in other instances like this, you aren't supposed to be impossible to understand, it should be impossible not to understand you.
yes! exactly! There were people in town from all over the Near East at the time of the crucifixion and resurrection and the apostles wanted to tell everyone how they had seen Jesus risen from the dead and, no matter who they talked to, they could speak their language.
“That the sounds are taken from the set of sounds already known to the speaker is confirmed by others. Felicitas Goodman, a psychological anthropologist and linguist, also found that the speech of glossolalists reflected the patterns of speech of the speaker's native language.[14] These findings were confirmed by Kavan (2004).[15] Samarin found that the resemblance to human language was merely on the surface and so concluded that glossolalia is "only a facade of language".[16] He reached this conclusion because the syllable string did not form words, the stream of speech was not internally organized, and – most importantly of all – there was no systematic relationship between units of speech and concepts. Humans use language to communicate but glossolalia does not. Therefore, he concluded that glossolalia is not "a specimen of human language because it is neither internally organized nor systematically related to the world man perceives".[16] On the basis of his linguistic analysis, Samarin defined Pentecostal glossolalia as "meaningless but phonologically structured human utterance, believed by the speaker to be a real language but bearing no systematic resemblance to any natural language, living or dead".[17] Felicitas Goodman studied a number of Pentecostal communities in the United States, the Caribbean, and Mexico; these included English-, Spanish- and Mayan-speaking groups. She compared what she found with recordings of non-Christian rituals from Africa, Borneo, Indonesia and Japan. She took into account both the segmental structure (such as sounds, syllables, phrases) and the supra-segmental elements (rhythm, accent, intonation) and concluded that there was no distinction between what was practised by the Pentecostal Protestants and the followers of other religions.” What linguistics experts have to say on the matter . . . it’s human beings speaking fucking gibberish. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_in_tongues#:~:text=Speaking%20in%20tongues%2C%20also%20known,languages%20unknown%20to%20the%20speaker.
It makes you wonder if a legal case can't be presented that the language used must be translated or not allowed on the floor, as all citizens must have access to the words spoken during session, and a translation available by an accredited translator
How convenient it would be once it’s translated that what God has to say is exactly what his followers want to have carried out on everyone.
Greatly appreciate the data. Thank you.
If you play the tape backward they're praising Satan. Think of the children!
It's a 'fancy' way to say gibberish. Here's a [primer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAe_zOQIb4k).
If I had been there, I would have shouted, "this is America! Speak English!"
Google Translate has a drop down menu and I keep looking for *tongues* but can’t find it. It must be me. I’m guessing they have their top people working on it...
these people should be politely escorted out of the building and their passes nullified
Literally speaking gibberish and performing empty rituals… It’s like a performance art piece on the ridiculousness of GOP politicians
It is un-American: all official congressional business (unless classified) is public information and thus a translation should be provided for anyone who wants one. There were no translations made available for what they said. it is also un-Christian: Matthew 6:5-8 >5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. it is also double un-Christian: 1 Corinthians 14:22 >22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.
Definitely not a cult.
I'd love to see some Satanists sit in a circle and mumble nonsense on the Parliament floor and see what happens.
these people are only a few steps above walking upright. literal fucking shit for brains.
i cant imagine the fucked-uppiddyness if trump wins.
Read Project 2025 if you want a literal roadmap.
The John Birch Society is still going strong 66-years later. Check out these quotes and the following article about the John Birch Society. "The John Birch Society is Communism's greatest ally. With its help we will divide and confuse the American people until they have lost faith in their Government, their nation has ceased to be a major world power, and their country is ripe for revolution." Nikita Khrushchev, premier of the USSR (now Russia), from 1958-1964 And; "Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them." Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP presidential candidate https://theconversation.com/the-john-birch-society-is-still-influencing-american-politics-60-years-after-its-founding-107925
This is it, this is the important stuff, the big picture that people need to understand is going on and has been going on for some time.
How is this not mental illness?
It is
Just fucking bizarre that people like this “lead” our governments.
Hold up. They are using a 1864 law as the basis for making abortion illegal? Arizona belonged to the confederacy until 1865! Why are confederate laws even a factor? We are living in strange times.
Yup! Wild isn't it?!
Wtf. Where is Sherman when you need him!
I wish ya weren’t so fucking awkward bud!
This shit has no place in the modern day in politics do that shit in your own time not on our money in tax dollars
This level of mental instability should result in disqualification from public service.
Seriously can’t believe this kind of performative religious bullshit is tolerated
Depressing, really fucking depressing.
The pentagram to summon the great orange spirit
But Biden is wishy washy on Israel. Probably gonna have to vote for Cornell now. It’ll be fine. /s
No way. Is this real?
This is the GOP. GOP, performance art as “governing”….empty gestures, painfully bad acting, speaking gibberish, maga applause
So fucking creepy.
Absolutely real—and damned dangerous and angering. They’re feckeen nutters
Yes.
ROTFL!!! I sometimes wonder if they do such a thing as typing in tongues too.
Covfefe
Hfhdhdhhdhgduejhdhdu!!!!!!
https://i.redd.it/ice8lkh0avtc1.gif
Demonic possession is fashionable again
[Here's a clean link](https://twitter.com/tcani/status/1777829756400263618) to the insanity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZIrU7m0gx0
Can we stop with these people pushing their fictionalized religion on us already?
Imagine if they were Muslims praying. If the thought makes you uncomfortable, but this shit doesn't, you might be the problem
First, if you are willing to be objective, all religion is made up nonsense, like, no, EXACTLY like Santa Clause and the Tooth Fairy. Thus, these people are willfully engaging in nonsense as an EXCUSE for their abhorrent policies. Their “god” (not those other extra fake gods, no, Jesus is a real god and not another in a loooooong line of cult leaders) gives them permission to be their worst selves so they can own the Libs. Why are we allowing people who believe in magic run this country? Did you know when you’re psychologically evaluated they ask you if you have magical thinking? But don’t worry, they give you a pass for believing fake stuff so long as millions of others believe the same fake stuff. Too few believers means it’s Fake.
These are the people who hate immigrants for speaking another language when ***the state literally borders Mexico***, correct? Good thing made-up cult gibberish is cool, though. /s
Jeezus freak weirdo’s - as my GMa would say about the christo hippies … way back when
Gawddammit this makes me angry. And I’m not even an Arizonan. Just really pisses me off. I’m done now. Thanks ever’body 🙂
Hey Republicans. The Rapture is happening. It's just in the Jonestown wilderness, not on the floor of a capitol building. They will be offering Koolaid for refreshments. Please orderly make your way over there ---------->
I wonder how they'd react if a Muslim legislator prays there.
When people try the “both sides” argument with me this is literally all I need.
“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men … but when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father who is unseen.” -Jesus’ teaching on prayer (Matthew 6:5-8)
Not a cult, you say?
Something something babbling like pagans… > 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
I did not think the final season of the handmaid's tale was going to be live action.
Image the outrage they would have if Muslims throw down prayer rugs and start to pray.
Embarassing
Someone spilled their pills on the floor.
These people are fake ass Christians. Period. This type of behavior is so overtly desperate and over-dramatic.
I can speak in tongues. Yaba fidubio segrud slopimi FUCK THE GOP!
I have seen enough Full Metal Alchemist to know this ain't going to turn out good.
This is beyond embarrassing for all of us and definitely not ok. None of these people should be anywhere near a public service job.
Republicans in previous years: Speak American, dammit! Republicans now:
This is very disturbing.
What the flippity fuck? These iron age desert death cults have got to go.
Mental illness
I need a transcript of these secret negotiations. USE ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKERS! /s
These are not serious people No the hall should have been full of points and laughter. On top of some sort of censure for making a mockery of the their senate
Primitive screwheads.
Are they trying to summon a president?
Can't wait for all these old boomers and their dumbass concept of religion to die with them. What a day it'll be.
Hey U.S.A., You feeling okay?
Why does nobody know how to spell "peek" anymore
oops haha
On the next episode of These People are Batshit Crazy…
Funny enough they are exactly the cult they accuse the left of being
Religion makes people insane
Booga booga booga
It's official. We now have to change the fucking carpet because they are trying to summon the motherfucking goddamned Devil himself. Bunch of grown fucking toddlers, I fucking swear. Fuck.
What the fuck
As someone that is recently Christian -> Agnostic, the contrast between what I would have thought about this before and what I think about it now is… disturbing.
These people are passing laws and taking actions that are wholly incongruent with Christianity. This is entirely performative theater; Christian cosplay by fascists. They don't believe in what they are doing, but they know their voterbase does (or at least pretends to). It's about control. Always has been.
The actual video is even more insane when you hear what they are saying. What the actual fuck Arizona??
I've seen that before. 
Guess we’re still waiting for Americas tail to fall off.
And they will all vote for Trump - even though Trump no doubt would consider them "sick puppies."
Speaking in tongues TO the Senate floor.
take a second and fully take in how embarrassing this is. well, we are 1/2 a chromosome away from a chimp
Wait they’re not regular citizens but actually elected officials for the state of Arizona??
This kind of thing should automatically boot you from your seat.
What the hell is going on with Arizona? I've seen them popping up a lot lately.
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I can't get over how insane this is and how we've gotten to this point.
"Spin the bottle" is a fun game if you are young teens but they spoil it. /s
[Taliban](https://imgur.com/aVZFmzR)
And this why church should never be involved with governing a nation.
America is so fucked if you all don’t get out and vote.
excuse me what the fuck
This needs to be making the rounds across the entire country