Posted on 07/18/2010 6:04:05 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Thanks for enjoying the humor.
Lawrence Welk was a faithful RC, IIRC.
I think of it as
EXPLICIT UNMITIGATED BALDERDASH
LOL!!!
INDEED!
I would like to see one. Hey the heat is terrible here. Heat, humidity, ozone warnings, blah, blah. Just another summer day in Tx. Colorado sounds really nice right now, way up in the Rockies. That’s where I would rather be, if I could be anywhere..Camping, cold rushing streams..beautiful.
JUST PERFECT!
“”Insanity and demonic oppression have been bruited about as possible explanations.””
I’m sure that at least 1 pentecostal here on FR is demonic,especially because of the posts against Church teaching on the Blessed Mother in such flamboyant fashion.
The Charismatic Pentecostal movement is new age and people who think they are speaking in tongues are often in touch with the demoniac,
Here is an excerpt from a pretty good article from Catholic apologetics about this..
http://www.catholicapologetics.info/modernproblems/currenterrors/pentcsl.htm
The fact that the unintelligible tongue-speaking experience is found in false pagan religions would indicate that its source is not from god but is a human experience confused for divine intervention. The fact that the same experience is known in, and sometimes outside the religious experience altogether would indicate that its source is not from god. The fact that it can be learned and imitated would indicate that it is not a miracle.
Second, pentecostals will tell you that they know that their gift comes from god, because they “feel it”. As it is, it is quite normal for the devil to come posing as an angel of light, or even god himself, as the following citations from early christian tertullian (160-200? A.d.) shows:
“Let a person be brought before your tribunals who is plainly under demoniacal possession. The wicked spirit, bidden speak by the followers of christ will as readily make the truthful confession that he is a demon as elsewhere he has falsely asserted that he is a god” (tertullian, apolog., tr. Edinburgh, p. 23).
Of course this does not mean that all “speaking in tongues” is demonic such as the speaking in intelligible tongues that we read about in the book of acts of the apostles. In acts 2:4-8. It tells the happenings on the day of pentecost. The twelve apostles miraculously spoke in tongues which they received through the baptism of the holy spirit. These tongues were human languages which the apostles miraculously spoke. But it does very well show that the demons also can perform this “pentecostal miracle of unintelligible tongues” this is further emphasized by the fact that this manifestation common in non-christian occult and satanic religions [it is common in the hindu belief] is identical to many modern pentecostal churches.
“Kundalini in english means ‘the serpent power.’ it is the common hindu belief that within each person resides a “serpent” coiled tightly up at the base of the spine. Through practicing kundalini yoga, along with chanting, mediation, and an impartation from the guru one can have their kundalini awakened. Kundalini yoga is the “power yoga” of hinduism. It is the pathway to supernatural power and godhood. Kundalini yoga can also lead to mental collapse, psychosis, and demon possession or oppression. the awakening can bring up memories of past psychological traumas. The grofs state that “individuals involved in this process might find it difficult to control their behavior; during power rushes of kundalini energy, they often emit various involuntary sounds, and their bodies move in strange and unexpected patterns. Among the most common manifestations ... are unmotivated and unnatural laughter or crying, talking tongues ... and imitating a variety of animal sounds and movements” (p. 78-79). The grofs state that “careful study of the manifestations of kundalini awakening confirm that this process, although sometimes very intense and shattering, is essentially healing” (citing warren smith by permission in an article for spiritual counterfeits project entitled “holy laughter or strong delusion” (fall, 1994, vol. 19.2), p. 14).
It would be nice to hear your opinion. Stop running in circles and simply answer the question.
You do ALOT to get my attention. Of course, when someone is in NEED of something, it’s not considered alot.
I confess.
I had help.
Tee hee.
Stop running in circles and simply answer the question.
Hey, bucko, you are way out of line! Take off the control freak hat. I’m not one of the RCC ‘subjects’!
That old !!!!TRADITIONAL!!!!!
!!!!!CONTROL!!!!!
FREQUE-ISM REARS IT’S HEAD AGAIN.
It must be at least RELIGIOUSLY GENETIC.
They just GOTTA pressure all and sundry to
CONFORM TO THE VATICAN IN ALL IT’S SENSIBILITIES . . . interpreted by the current poster, of course.
I can point you to many non-professionals who write reliable articles/books/ etc. presenting the Church's teachings.
I linked one excellent article already in my reply to your original charge that we need professionals to teach us anything.
If you choose not to comment, that's your business. But everyone here can observe and make their own evaluation of your resistance to answering a simple question.
Reference for ‘The Grofs’?
Does not appear to be at the link you provided.
BTW, labeling Holy Spirit fostered activity as of the devil is extremely spiritually hazardous.
Of course you had to quickly jump in with an irrelevant (and barely coherent) post full of anti-Catholic rantings arranged in capital letters.
INDEED.
In that case, he will have much to expiate...
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