Comments on: Am I Normal? http://phillsacre.me.uk/2008/04/29/am-i-normal/ Personal Blog Tue, 22 May 2012 08:39:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Phill http://phillsacre.me.uk/2008/04/29/am-i-normal/#comment-529 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:06:40 +0000 http://phillsacre.me.uk/?p=1092#comment-529 Thanks for your comments Neil. I did actually agree with a few bits of the programme – as you mentioned, their assessment of Benny Hinn was quite accurate!

I’m not sure about speaking in tongues – I don’t want to put any limit on the holy spirit (perhaps those verbally repetitious patterns could mean something?) – but at the same time I’m always a bit skeptical of tongues like that which seem to be able to be switched on and off at will.

]]> By: Neil Richardson http://phillsacre.me.uk/2008/04/29/am-i-normal/#comment-528 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:48:52 +0000 http://phillsacre.me.uk/?p=1092#comment-528 Yes. I did see the whole programme and there were false dichotomies and straw men from the beginning, such as the opening statement which opposed being logical and rational against having faith, which is an irritating and ancient cheapshot.
Nevertheless, Tanya did her bit in debunking the monstrous travesty that is Benny Hinn Ministries, so we’re grateful for that. I think the most interesting bit was the analysis of the guy speaking in tongues.
Surely if these are heavenly languages, there wouldn’t be such verbally repetitious patterns? I always notice that people who speak in tongues (audibly) seem to use the percussive syllables ‘sha..ba..ka..’ and that the ‘language’ is meandering and unstructured. What is the difference in SOUND between latter day speaking in tongues and gibberish?
I am not a strict cessationist, but I believe that the Acts 2/1 Corinthians gift was that of languages, not of repetitive syllables which are somewhat less wonderous than English.

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