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Speaking in tongues?
May 7, 2013 at 2:59 pm
Hey guys, so recently before my conclusion that there is no god I watched a video on the news regarding the practice of speaking in tongues. To summarize the video, a neurologist scanned the brain activity of individuals during a normal conversation and compared it to a person who was speaking in tongues. The result was that, as most of us may know, during normal conversation the frontal cortex lit up like the fourth of July. Whereas, during the practice of speaking in tongues almost no brain activity was shown, not even in the frontal cortex (If you don't know, that is where the language center of the brain is). The video seemed to push the conclusion that speaking in tongues must ABSOLUTELY come from a higher being who ,as described by the people who speak in tongues, is speaking through them.
Now i'm sitting here thinking, "Ok, no brain activity when speaking in tongues... that kinda tells me that it truly is nothing more than mindless babble." I'm not a neurologist though, can anyone come up with some conclusions from this other than a higher being speaking through their mouth?
Also, if the only conclusion you can come to is a higher power and you simply assume that I have no idea what I'm talking about, then please be informed that I did speak in tongues as a christian and I still conclude it is nothing but mindless babble, so please keep the "you don't understand" arguments out... because I do understand, from experience. Thanks.
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RE: Speaking in tongues?
May 7, 2013 at 3:13 pm
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2013 at 3:14 pm by Silver.)
It does not surprise me that the veritable absence of something would seem to be proof of something to a religious nutter. As far as speaking in tongues is concerned, it is mere babble.
Of all the languages we have on this planet, all of them can be understood with study. Speaking in tongues is not language if it cannot be understood except by an individual within the vicinity who translates it. If it was a true language, it would always be consistently the same from one individual to the next rather than completely different each time. The excuse it is a holy tongue is a mere scapegoat for the fact that it is mere babble, because I sincerely doubt that the language of the supernatural is so complex that it is constantly shifting to something else entirely each time the supernatural being wishes to convey a message.
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RE: Speaking in tongues?
May 7, 2013 at 3:15 pm
Bullshitters doing what they do best. Bullshitting!
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RE: Speaking in tongues?
May 7, 2013 at 4:01 pm
This one is easy. It doesn't light up the language centers because it is not language. It takes virtually no brain power to make inarticulate sounds. These people are charlatans. They are not crazy or disturbed. They are thieves or are helping thieves. They know exactly what they are doing and should be prosecuted for it.
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RE: Speaking in tongues?
May 7, 2013 at 4:14 pm
(May 7, 2013 at 4:01 pm)Shell B Wrote: This one is easy. It doesn't light up the language centers because it is not language. It takes virtually no brain power to make inarticulate sounds. These people are charlatans. They are not crazy or disturbed. They are thieves or are helping thieves. They know exactly what they are doing and should be prosecuted for it.
Yeah, that one seemed kind of obvious. And anyone who's heard folks speaking in tongues should recognize that it's just gibberish. Nearly every human being "speaks in tongues" at one point in his or her life. That point is called INFANCY.
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RE: Speaking in tongues?
May 7, 2013 at 4:21 pm
Fuck, I do it when I am sleeping. Give me money.
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RE: Speaking in tongues?
May 7, 2013 at 4:25 pm
I think the language of that study needs to be changed to:
"...when studying the brain patterns of the religious, we find no brain activity...at all. Ever."
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RE: Speaking in tongues?
May 7, 2013 at 4:40 pm
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