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Atheists & Agnostics

Warpy

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5. It's echolalic babbling

Reply to Taverner (Original post)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 05:52 PM

Jul 2012

and any normal ten month old infant is capable of it.

It's been analyzed to death and there is no structure, just a bunch of nonsense syllables strung together and repeated.

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Why do some people think it's wrong to make fun of speakin' in tongues? [View all] Taverner Jul 2012 OP

I try not to make fun of anyone's religious beliefs, Downwinder Jul 2012 #1

Are there any religious beliefs you consider laughable? DavidDvorkin Jul 2012 #2

Have to admit, Downwinder Jul 2012 #6

So why not laugh at such beliefs? DavidDvorkin Jul 2012 #12

To me it is a bit like laughing at a cripple. Downwinder Jul 2012 #13

Bad analogy dude EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #14

My father always said he was not handicapped,he was a cripple. Downwinder Jul 2012 #17

When someone becomes an adult, I start treating them like one EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #18

I kind of see what Downwinder is trying to say. Neoma Jul 2012 #20

Point taken EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #24

Who are you to say they are wrong? Taverner Jul 2012 #15

Other than skepticscott Jul 2012 #8

Or cannibals standing in line to drink blood. Downwinder Jul 2012 #9

That at least skepticscott Jul 2012 #10

What about eating poop? Taverner Jul 2012 #16

Well, you're missing out on a whole lot of hilarity. mr blur Jul 2012 #4

Oddly "speaking is tongues" is something I've done for years intaglio Jul 2012 #3

It's echolalic babbling Warpy Jul 2012 #5

Yep. And not only that, your brain goes into a kind of sleep state. Taverner Jul 2012 #7

There are people who are offended by just about anything. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #11

It's the slippery slope. Iggo Jul 2012 #19

Yep... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #21

tsk,tsk Taverner, you shouldn't make fun of people speaking Klingon BlueJazz Jul 2012 #22

I asked someone who claimed to speak in tongues... cynatnite Jul 2012 #23

Why do some people think it's wrong to make fun of speakin' in tongues? AlbertCat Jul 2012 #25

Speaking in tongues Ron Obvious Jul 2012 #26

I think it's hilarious! frogmarch Jul 2012 #27

Off to greatest with you! And I sure don't think it's wrong. nt raccoon Jul 2012 #28

Ever stopped yourself from swearing someplace you thought it might not be appropriate? Kennah Jul 2012 #29

Back when I attended an SBC church ... Kennah Jul 2012 #30

dut-dut-dut-UM-dut-DEET-dut-dut, lindysalsagal Jul 2012 #31