clarification: the people shown are called "Charismatics", christians who believe that speaking in tongues, flopping around on the ground, being "slain in the spirit" (falling over when touched), miracle healing, prophecy, etc. are all manifestations resulting from "being filled with the holy spirit".

These are Not the beliefs held by christians who consider themselves "evangelicals", which simply means to evangelize or spread the gospel.

Two very different ideological camps. Charismatic shenanigans are not tolerated in mainstream evangelical churches since it is a misrepresentation of scripture. Such things are considered to be "sign miracles" exclusive to christ and the apostles. When they passed from history and the gospel became a written document, the sign miracles were no longer necessary and are a fraudulent display today.

see John MacArthur's book "Charismatic Chaos" for more squashing of this nonsense.

What Doc, you didn't like my math? I would have broken out integrals, but I didn't want to scare anyone...

Sometimes...

Sometimes... I think I speak in tongues.

Excellent find, and amazingly you can still see this kind of hokum on late nite tv. A few even copy Gortner's old time revival techniques right down to the intonation, the 'slaying in the spirit', and speaking in tongues. Sometimes it's actually pretty entertaining, as long as you know it's a con.

One show really creeped me out, it was an episode of Kathryn Kuhlman's tv ministry and it was just so weird and eerie the way she spoke it gave me goose bumps.

Given that the sign the girl is holding behind them says "Sodomy Prevents Abortion", I think this is a pro-choice mockery of a pro-life rally -- and the "crazy chick" is doing a not-unrealistic imitation of someone "speaking in tongues".

Unless I am mistaken this is an example of Glossolalia or "speaking in tongues" She has deluded herself into thinking that a sky man is taking over her body and making her say magic talk.

From Wiki:

"Burning Down the House" is a 1983 song by Talking Heads, from their album Speaking in Tongues. One of the best examples of Talking Heads music, it is also one of their more popular, reaching #9 on the US Charts in the year of its release. Chris Frantz thought of the titular chorus after seeing a Parliament-Funkadelic show where the crowd chanted "Burn down the house."


"Life During Wartime" first appeared on Fear of Music in 1979. Its live version from Stop Making Sense in 1983 was released as a single peaking, at #80 on the Pop Singles Chart.

Google not evil? That's totally garbage. I used to believe it too, until the day they started succumbing to the will of the Chinese Government.

I find it ridiculous that speaking in tongues is allowed in Churches now in America. People used to be hanged for speaking in tongues. It's one of signs of being possessed by the devil innit?

from the youtube page:
The late Kenneth Hagin and not-late Kenneth Copeland are seen here during a pastor's conference in which the crowd was worked up into quite a state. "Holy Laughter", "Spiritual Drinkenness", dancing, thrashing about, falling out, speaking in tongues, mooing (yes, you read that right) and various and sundry other so-called pentecostal manifestions.
It becomes evident that in a room full of preachers and their wives, especially of the crazy holy-roller persuasion, no one wants to be seen as being left out or not being spiritual. So.... these kinds of mass-mind outbursts tend to snowball.

I didn't watch the whole video in case he started speaking in tongues.

I can't stand when I accidentally channel-surf into that stuff.