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Originally Posted by Daniel
I went to a Pentecostal college (Evangel). Like you, I've been interested in the books of the Apocrypha.
There are some threads here about speaking in tongues- I think I may have started them. However, to be succinct about it, I can tell you that being able to do it since my Pentecostal days, it's really not a big deal. Much is made of it certainly within Pentecostalism, which considers the phenomena real language. However, I have yet to find a honest-to-god translation anywhere. And the research on it is quite interesting, suggesting a pre-verbal state, the lower- rather than the higher - centers of the brain being involved. I'm not sure what this suggests!
Looking forward to talking about this and other things with you.
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Thanks for the greetings, and the insight into tongues. I have my theories about the phenomena, but would rather read a few of those threads and get a little more insight BEFORE inserting my foot in my mouth. You also mentioned the Apocrypha....have you heard of the Pseudepigrapha? I had never heard of it until it was mentioned in a book I am reading about myth and legend (and let me just insert what a humbling experience THAT is, both finding my spiritual beliefs and well-known stories classified as "myth," as well as understanding that I cannot write off the stories and beliefs of others just because they sound odd or incredulous to me). My religious reading to-do list seems to get longer every year...
