I can speak pig Latin, what do I win?

They found that it DIDN’t activate the speech center. So some schmuck concluded that means they aren’t speaking, God is, rather than concluding that they are spewing GIBBERISH

Such a waste. So many more interesting things one can do with a tongue.

Bullshit what do you expect from Christian paper

“Please, just please do not insult our intelligence”....would be my response to this (NON) medical study! Proof my arse..if you’ll pardon my crudity...because they might as well have been speaking out of theirs for all the sense this study makes!

Sounds like a Hobby Lobby/Chic-fil-a fabrication.

So people's brains shut off while they speak in tongues?
No wonder that churches like it. Lol.

From the article:

Newberg shares the heart of his study:
...“[The test subject’s] scan showed that the frontal lobe, the part of the brain that controls language, was active when he prayed in English. But for the most part, it fell quiet when he prayed in tongues.”

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For an anecdotal take, here is a funny video I saw recently of a preacher interrupted by his phone while practicing his patter.
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Yeah, well, unless they are in a room full of people who speak different languages and everyone understands their babble in their own language, I am going to say it does not meet the biblical standard of speaking in tongues--and that just aint gonna happen!

So after 11 years has anybody replicated this? I think not. Misfiring synapses maybe. Show me the results of studies that confirm this finding reproduced by others in the field.

Oh shundo la la la la rectuminia! Hee cummina doodle niya!!! Bullshitius na na na huyundai!!

Ok...I see how it works!!

noge ablek dilk nilie goobl runr akle lyti bid lieng

Behold, a headline more believable.

How does one monitor an empty space?

Sure, the brain is fluttering with activity - so????? Not any proof of god, etc, more likely the act of an active brain

Ohferpetessake.......i believe simply speaking lights up parts of the brain. I know for a Fact I can scare the bejesus out of my doctor by doing a stand up routine in his office and raising my blood pressure from 140/90 to 325/189 in about 2 minutes, speaking English. I didn't stroke out, so it Must have been a miracle. He won't let me do it anymore.........
Source, The Christian Post......ooookkkaaaayyyyyyyyyyy

I went to a church where they claimed to speak in tongues once, in the bible it was a universal language, which people of any nation could understand; in this church it sounded like absolute gobbledygook which I couldn’t even understand. I say speaking in tongues is sourced from bs fed into by a brainwashed church. (And I’m normally pretty subdued about these things!)

The most telling part was going to the actual research paper abstract "This study also showed a number of other changes in the brain, including those areas involved in emotions and establishing our sense of self.” In other words while the language area decreased in activity the emotion and self importance areas increased. Similar to when you get into an argument and get so emotional that you sputter when you are trying to say something.

Tell that to Dan Barker, co-president of FFRF. He was once a pentecostal minister and knows all about this BS. Maybe it's like when we were kids and came up with gibberish pretending to speak another language. I'll bet research could show how our brain waves changed then. Religious groups are always trying to gain some validity by attaching some sort of scientific research. Funny thing, they continue to criticize the validity of science when it doesn't go with their ideas like creationism.

I’m trying to understand why God need an intercessor who speaks in a language that no one knows to speaks to us. Since he is god why doesn’t he just call us up on our cellphone and tell us what we need to hear in English himself

they have studies to prove almost anything ten a week on morning shows

Bluga Shimisso Gexadowee Fazavobicur!

I had the same immediate thoughts, HippieC....but then took a moment. What the U of P has documented is only that, under hallucinations, different parts of our brains can be monitored. I'm wondering if they're the same parts which contribute to epileptic seizures?

i speak in tongues, myself: english, my native tongue; japanese and french to an extent; sporadic phrases in a few other tongues, and of course, feline and baby talk, both for use with pets. i rant but i do not babble. christian post, eh? feh! your assessment is correct, albeit insulting to honest cow-daddies.

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I have given this a little more thought and I have a question. Can I use speaking in tongues as a foreign language for college credit? If so then I can complete my degree.