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And no "holy babbling" anywhere in the whole line of Church history. God ain't a slot machine, dispensing Gifts of Holy Gibbering and Sanctified Epilepsy at our demand. He gives those Gifts He deems fit for the Church in His appointed times, in His appointed places.

Good words all. You know, it seems almost surreal from where I sit, many words that say very little in light of what I am witness to. That for two thousand years and right under the nose of organized Christianity God has slowly and patiently selected certain individuals as myself whom I don't even know and filled them with the Holy Ghost evidenced with tongues, assuming I'm not the only one. You would think this would be encouraged, honored and excepted instead it is attacked and ridiculed, the actual workings of God.

Nope.

The Gift of Tongues must conform to the Biblical example to be considered a gift of God.

If it is Power over Foreign Tongues, it conforms to the Biblical Example.
If it is glossalic Gibbering, it is a Satanic Deception.

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

That for two thousand years and right under the nose of organized Christianity God has slowly and patiently selected certain individuals as myself whom I don't even know and filled them with the Holy Ghost evidenced with tongues, assuming I'm not the only one.

Can you establish a historical trail of people speaking in tongues for 2000 years? The organization of such groups started in 1900 as I recall.

It's a modern practice from what I've read. Which are the historic churches or groups who spoke in tongues?