Speaking in tongues Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Criticism== Analysis of glossolalics reveals a pseudo-language that lacks consistent syntax, semantic meaning, usually rhythmic or poetic in nature and is similar to the speaker's native tongue. Samples of glossolalia show a lack of consistency needed for meaningful comparison or translation. It also is not used to communicate between fellow glossolalia speakers, although the meaning might be translated by the leader involved, in line with and supportive of whatever message or teaching had been given that day, in some way giving divine legitimacy to what is said. However it's more common that others than the leader translate.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Semenyna |first1=Scott |last2=Schmaltz |first2=Rodney |title=Glossolalia meets glosso-psychology: why speaking in tongues persists in charismatic Christian and Pentecostal gatherings |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA313159922&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10639330&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7Ee57ea58 |website=Gale Academic Onefile |publisher=Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine |access-date=13 September 2021}}</ref> Various Christian groups have criticized the Pentecostal and charismatic movement for paying too much attention to [[mystical]] manifestations, such as glossolalia.<ref>Wolfgang Vondey, ''Pentecostalism: A Guide for the Perplexed'', T&T Clark, UK, 2012, p. 37-38</ref> In certain [[evangelical]] and other [[Protestant]] Churches, this experience was understood as a gift to speak foreign languages without having learned them ([[xenoglossy]]) for evangelization, the end of which was prophesied in the [[First Epistle to the Corinthians]] in chapter 13, an end which would correspond to the end of the writing of the [[Bible]].<ref> Gerald R. McDermott, ''The Oxford Handbook of Evangelical Theology'', Oxford University Press, UK, 2013, p. 332</ref><ref> Mal Couch, ''A Bible Handbook to the Acts of the Apostles'', Kregel Academic, USA, 1999, p. 38</ref> Theologians have recalled that on the day of [[Pentecost]], the disciples who received a [[baptism of the Holy Spirit]], did not speak in unknown tongues, but praised God in other tongues that non-believers in various parts of the world could understand, making it a useful gift for [[evangelism]].<ref> Bill Lockwood, [https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/life/community/2016/12/10/gift-tongues-involved-speaking-foreign-languages/94726224/ 'Gift of tongues' involved speaking foreign languages], timesrecordnews.com, USA, December 10, 2016</ref><ref> Bill J. Leonard, Jill Y. Crainshaw, ''Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States, Volume 1'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 366</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page