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Originally Posted by Praxeas
That was subtle. No sir. It is not "I could not speak english", It's that when I tried to speak english I spoke in other languages in stead...tongues.
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Subtle? Too subtle for me! What are you talking about? What's the difference in those two statements? (Other than the extra detail in yours that instead of English you spoke in tongues.) You could not speak English, right?
Seriously, you try too hard to make me look bad, sometimes! Relax, let me do it myself!
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What if I really don't speak in tongues? What does that mean?
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That you are deluded.
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What if you really DID speak in tongues, but now you have rejected the gift of God...what does THAT mean?
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That I erred on the side of common sense.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. I said that I don't ask proof from you, and that's true, but it would be within my rights to do so, or anyone else's rights when they see tongues practiced or preached. The only reason I am not is that I know there isn't proof, and probably can't be. (I say probably, because I could imagine a scenario that would be very convincing - like someone I am 100% certain does not know any English speaking perfect English. But that would be xenoglossy, as in
Acts 2, not glossolalia, which is more common today, I think.)
It's an extraordinary thing to consider: God taking over your speech and making something in a heavenly language come out. God Himself! That's one of the most astonishing things there could be! It seems to be taken pretty lightly among most pentecostals today, considering what it is claimed to be.
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