RE: Hello! New here.
May 9, 2013 at 2:06 am
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2013 at 2:08 am by Praetorian.)
It is rather embarrassing...sometimes I'll pull it out to freak out people who have never seen it before. There is something ritualistic about babbling incoherently (with confidence) that appears really creepy if you're not expecting it.
Actually, it's one of the few phenomena about Christianity that I can't really explain. My best guess, from a materialist viewpoint and having no training in neurology to speak of, is that it's a response to social pressure. You're at Christian summer camp surrounded by people who can all do it when suddenly *BAM* the "spirit of the Lord" comes upon you and you can suddenly do the same thing. Which is funny...since that spirit, if it did exist, obviously still grants me the power to do it even though I no longer believe in it. It must be some kind of mental "switch" or something, because everyone who I've seen that wants to do it, eventually became able to do it. And you can't un-learn it.
Oh, the oddities of fundamentalism.
Also, KichigaiNeko, I love your Discworld reference.
Also, I was active duty for 5 years and worked on radar. Sure are a lot of interesting people on here!
Actually, it's one of the few phenomena about Christianity that I can't really explain. My best guess, from a materialist viewpoint and having no training in neurology to speak of, is that it's a response to social pressure. You're at Christian summer camp surrounded by people who can all do it when suddenly *BAM* the "spirit of the Lord" comes upon you and you can suddenly do the same thing. Which is funny...since that spirit, if it did exist, obviously still grants me the power to do it even though I no longer believe in it. It must be some kind of mental "switch" or something, because everyone who I've seen that wants to do it, eventually became able to do it. And you can't un-learn it.
Oh, the oddities of fundamentalism.
Also, KichigaiNeko, I love your Discworld reference.
Also, I was active duty for 5 years and worked on radar. Sure are a lot of interesting people on here!
