Maalus comments on Keep holding on because this isn't the Handmaid's Tale, fuckface.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I googled it and it's a thing in Christianity. Basically making up words to an unknown language. Try praying in Latin without knowing it and you're praying in tongues.

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[–] GottaKnowYourCHKN@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was raised in a church where tongues would often happen, and I got in trouble for questioning what or why they were obviously saying just gibberish.

Like the whole collapsing on the floor and speaking in tongues while shaking. Do people really just...do that? Like, is it something most people could be pushed to do? Is it actually just a big lie? A performance? Does the pastor ask them to act in such a way before the sermon?

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

I think it’s a public performance to demonstrate piety by humiliating yourself in front of your religious community.

Sort of like a contest to see who can pray the loudest.

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[–] LMurch 1 point 7 months ago

It is TOO a real language, you just don't know it. It's spoken in Canada. No, you're a loser.

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