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Originally Posted by Drake
I cannot nor will I deny the positive life changing experiences I had in a Pentecostal Church. However, the environment lends itself to superstition and manufactured exhibitions. I will recount two that I consider to be firmly in the poor poor category.
First, because glossia is so important to the group as evidence of the Holy Spirit it was often manufactured... by that I mean speaking in tongues was brought by repeating “coca-cola ten times real fast”. One dear older sister used to reach out and kinda yank the lower lip of someone trying to break through as if to jump start the glossia.
Second, during revivals there was frequent supernatural manifestations. “I was praying here today and Jesus appeared standing right there at the end of this altar. And He told me,..”.
I should add that a popular interpretation of tongues started with “ If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves...l “ etc. I was pretty sure He had more to say but it was just part of that culture as it were.
These are examples but they reflect what is poor about Pentecostalism in my experience.
Drake
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There's no one here to defend your attacks on nameless people, but obviously there is a boomerang effect here to expose your beloved and indefensible LSM.
Tongues can be manufactured, but so can your shouting episodes. Never in history has a sect been tagged "Shouters," as your Chinese branch has been labeled. Does any one really think God is honored when the whole room full of bored and sleepy stiffs stand and yell "OhhhhLoooooorGeeeeeeshuuuuush" 5 times. That's an abomination. I watched that in LSM's Kangaroo Court at the Whistler Resort and Ski Lodge.
What a sham. Excommunicate and slander another minister for supposedly wanting clean sheets in Thailand and damnable "heresies" like writing his own books? Seriously? And then you pay off Hank Hankygraft to write a favorable story to give you some much needed PR, and all your people jump up and down.
Looking at your people in action, speaking in tongues looks pretty spiritual and honorable.