>> Laugh all you want, but -- speaking from personal experience -- all of this Pentecostal stuff is driven by a DEEP desire for a DIRECT encounter with God. Indeed, if a geniune miracle occurs at every Mass, well, then, that's the strongest argument I can think of for swimming the Tiber. <<
Absolutely! You should have heard some of the Pentecostalist prayers I've heard; desperately pleading for the body and blood of Christ. Say what you want about them, but those are live wires they are playing with.
Most interesting. BTW, statistics say that many members of the Assemblies of God are former Catholics.