Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Sat, Jun 05 2004
Even The Internet Can Speak In Tongues
The folks at St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Portland, Oregon held a Sunday service like they've never held before. Many people believe that only a language which can be interpreted by another human, is a valid manifestation of "tongues", while others belong to denominations that fully espouse ecstatic syllables that might not be readily recognized as a language. This author does a fairly good job of talking about the matter with some degree of objectivity, though I think most of us do hold a bias one way or the other when it comes to glossolalia. I would think that things such as Babelfish might be considered a legitimate type of speaking in tongues, since it would give one the ability to use say something spiritual on a web site and then for someone else who understood a different language to read and understand the basic message. It isn't exactly the rocks crying out, but it's still pretty spectacular.
posted at: 14:55 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
The folks at St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Portland, Oregon held a Sunday service like they've never held before. Many people believe that only a language which can be interpreted by another human, is a valid manifestation of "tongues", while others belong to denominations that fully espouse ecstatic syllables that might not be readily recognized as a language. This author does a fairly good job of talking about the matter with some degree of objectivity, though I think most of us do hold a bias one way or the other when it comes to glossolalia. I would think that things such as Babelfish might be considered a legitimate type of speaking in tongues, since it would give one the ability to use say something spiritual on a web site and then for someone else who understood a different language to read and understand the basic message. It isn't exactly the rocks crying out, but it's still pretty spectacular.
posted at: 14:55 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
