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TlalocW

(15,675 posts)

1. It's bullshit

Reply to TrogL (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 12:46 PM

Oct 2013

It's like when Pat Robertson closes his eyes and starts talking about people watching the show who are being healed of their afflictions, or a preacher starts talking in tongues. It's a way to fool gullible people into believing that someone has some sort of special connection with or gift from God.

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Could somebody please explain "gifts of the spirit"? [View all] TrogL Oct 2013 OP

It's bullshit TlalocW Oct 2013 #1

Never heard of it. cbayer Oct 2013 #2

It's not labile paranoia. rug Oct 2013 #3

Thank you for a concise and coherent explanation Rug. Ligyron Oct 2013 #7

YW. Keep posting! rug Oct 2013 #8

I don't think I'll regard an email read by a Fox News host as indicating much of anything struggle4progress Oct 2013 #4

STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! Iggo Oct 2013 #5

What rug said above. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #6

No clue. Maybe it's walking 'cross the park and a guy is on a bench playing Gershwin on a clarinet. pinto Oct 2013 #9

You will find a great deal of helpful information in the thirteenth chapter of Deuteronomy. dimbear Oct 2013 #10