I would like to speak with new tongues

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Zog Has-fallen

You are mistaken. I did that.

"Likewise, was it only the foreigners that knew what the Apostles were saying and that the Apostles were clueless?"

"Similarly, do modern-day Charismatics understand what they're saying when they speak in tongues?"

"Do you understand what you're saying when you speak in tongues?"

1 Cor 14:

2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

It seems that according to Scripture one who speaks in tongues does NOT know or understand what they are saying, unless they are given the interpretation (by the Spirit).

Regarding political reality, the "reality" most people experience is a carefully crafted and managed Truman Show.