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[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Matt 6:5-8 “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 sure seems like an attention seeking parade.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It'd be nice if they would read their own text and get back in the closet. I agree with the poster up there - if it's truly a sacred thing, this sickening display would absolutely sully the whole thing.

I think that preacher screaming about gays and liberals did a lot of damage way back when (used in the trailer for The God Who Wasn't There). Pretty sure that was around the time the xtianists made a conscious movement to ally themselves with politics to forge a theocracy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_T_HDXqkMc

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Do people not realize that "speaking in tongues" was just 1611 language's way of saying "they spoke in one language but everyone heard them in their own language"? It literally said that in the passage. Anyone who performs "speaking in tongues" in the "modern way" is lying to you about believing in their religion and about taking it seriously.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)
[–] vaultdweller013 4 points 4 months ago

Honestly thats a semi believable part of the bible. Hear a language enough and ya kinda start to get ahold of it. Mind you it requires a base to work with, but given the whole Rome thing I suspect ya could pick up quite a bit at a market or port. Hell Ive experienced it myself, ive on multiple occasions have read Dutch or a Nordic language only to realize I dont know said language and promptly cant read it anymore.

I also watched a Dutch candle making video, that was a weird day overall though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

My favorite part is that I’ve been an atheist for 8 years and can still speak in tongues. If it were what they say it is, I’d have lost the ability to long ago.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

But every single time I have ever seen it done publicly, like this (and even in some churches) it has been a circus sideshow and a mess

Hey! As a circus sideshow performer, I'd like you to know most of us are professional about what we do and running a show requires a shit ton of coordination

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