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    Tongues Untied: Memoirs of a Pentecostal Boyhood Mites! Warner was teenage Feeonast, Beau tat so ey far from wha an owas que athe iltul—peopl often think shold avean explanation, a story Was sick Had Teen inking How did {gees fos there? Ee ets Pv ha splat wa ante lie? Iya pet adolescence psig out actin shopping al you right ave the same tude By merry ges me pcre of omens ‘peskingin tongues od bing “ani the spe” 0 Pentecost spe of trance ou fal Dcknad heater people cate ou). But recognizing rnp intheepcturestke forts thowgh he nemorethensees ate {nalangage| don’ undead, oo though Thad bee passed ou ‘Onc when aid" war anche if" someone tod, “Tha very Americ thing sy" And itr racers careless about Stn, ‘overs very mh nthe tional ae On aterage we allord ors trent del of ineberence, Americans cre about the eedom not oly 10 as 4 te bt dad oor. 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Where T come fr, epleloseskep ovr te meanings of ertainGrdk and Hebrew word's “The whe dt of Pentecost onthe inerpetation of one brief and dificult osgein the book of Acts The apostles haebeansitng ‘rood with nothing todo "And there appeared um them lven tongues ivan offi ants upon each of thet And they wereal lie with he Hay Gon ad bgan to sesh with ther tongue, asthe Spt gre the ‘trace Inthe ate nigeeenncetury, cern Ameria decided you tot only ould ut shoul do the same thing. In 80, for example, ABIES ‘Caran of Tapa, Kansas srt that after being Hed with the Holy ‘Ghost he poe and wrote Chinese for three days. (The Parade’ iterary tune acem ate changed vedas people woo speak tous favor a ‘ros beeen Hebrew 2nd aby tk) enters inept ths vere a 2 modelo be flloned mally ecnunf anther ese ht comes iter a which Peter tel passes: tobe bapizd andes the gi ofthe Hly Ghost” My mothe. my other like other Penecolistsacceplean interpretation in which "hep means not the Hay Ghosthimel "eave te Haly Ghost as “rb bathe loss given by ir Ge, rece incomprehensible ‘per rm the Holy Ghost a gf). We were known as charismatic Treswe ofthis interpretation ofthe word ft Charsma) om the bss of {his ene inteprettion my Sary war ensetly focd ot of out Hap ‘hrc But only afer fea abo the texts an thir interpretation “Throwghout my cildood andadsecence, [remember being surounded Iyer arguments im which the aks were ot jut ie ad death, bt sternal ead death ‘When Lis fifteen o 0 my family moved to Tidewater, Vig in partio be coset th reat revved bythe thon obscure Pat Robertson There we wet to spc Bible ty esos for charsmat, held inthe Thoement of Lithran church on rights when the roa wasnt neste by Alesolce Anonymous. (The Ltherant were the only Protestants in tom ho cae ile bout tecogy that thee scorn fora was ony toca rather than corn, Fr justin reason, of ours, we eat be Titers with mites contempt, when thi Basemet we id te fund of thle damnation) The ae ofthese Bt study Eoups ws friin sbd sometat uscd man ho by dy worked as an engineer for ineratioal Harvester ad by night cpa the Moss Mimonies tthe gener Tdeyater aves He a fi chart tha would have impressed os Pee al a ral argument Gd could ot posi be om nisin The OL Testament he sid lt sowed God acting stoi ‘ovis that ike the conep of fie wl el, made no sense ules God hrc the fate 1°God doe ow the future, ning your own econ, then narrative times lary and onlin ace can you Be ea ‘espaiicfor yourdsons. (Like mat moder andar, be wat dey commited contract deal of jutice) ery Wasnesda night without fia thi man woud imesh simeraldconseuctin ofthe etre Cintra, ty Proestant earn to amore anthropomorphic God forded an ced ‘nhs ips. Fr our pti-boarso fay twas ukerale to wach, ba wekepcoming bigkItemembe fling he esion in my ther ody ett me aller perception concentrated on the dese wo han hi the lene tht ats sed hough rough slong ‘Being iterry exes nic, 1 hve ty, bt for pwning. ein popping thrills i does compet. Not even inthe hear repion of ‘Theory can we aprosimte tha strstin of ie by argument I the cat othe way home, we woul talk tower Ws righ? sy what wee the ‘omequenest Mother, teal distrstd an argument that seemed emt God othe ee of the angels she tht Christianity without ‘cent God was too Manighaean jn Gon Satan goings She ko complained that if God were not mice prophecy wn mk ease Se scored big wth his objection, remember: a the tne, we kept ‘unis up-to-date on Pat Roberto’ calla abou the inet Raptors however cttoned on the eri eine arguments th allthe vengeflplesure ofan alent. God own lis wee in sgt this was stisacton in itsown ght a was the thought holding al ma ind responsible in some wey ater, when {ea Netcom the rein a the heart of Chiat iy-—th snl oferucky and aggreasonin Christian benevence—tee ognized what that ensure ad ee aboot. In experince reseiner sn jos direct guint Power. twa inetd agains eveything the omsinat cds of society of ours, ant schoo ath in ema uta God the materi wed and one ow sl asta the inelecal «alte of religion hasan intensity that servers ak ao Prt ‘tant ultras anita apd cxpenive Linguine of pone ad sbje ‘on that secular life hast be sapien eat impovead way “The world has no the lest phenomenon tha can in Cristian clr, be invested both with weel-hstrcl power and with tl abjction. Yow reas ofthe Lor ben among angst contemplated rom the begin. ‘sg oft a destined tlie forever Bt you are alo the uneseerte shitfhe world Your dinner-tabe conversation te medium of ge ot yourselfand everyone aud you it aldose continually your le wortlesines. leation and absement utound you in every Acker of Your half conscious thoughts, And thet always go opeter Christians hve 2 eople fen sy 2 though it big discovers find hone sadaasochii rnb Ba this doesn come ast ap ecatingelgonexprease agg fr power and action. The Fe eufaeny sach as Foca analy, have nothing ike the sre odesation. {sais ths every ine ead Jonathan Edad = Theanine none nds teeth does oot wing yi tee ai yout Itong ser ours ce ponte i tooo trey ren iat ame fein out ‘ile Ande wri wl spew yo ont rit othe snregn Indefien what abc ioe. Tesoro ase of (Go rhe rent wind other wold ome ith feral ou drain woul come itn, a yo wuld Tee cheb ume thehng oe. ‘Yo sm expat heat pusrph to be manor esan: ete een tl pp Th nero Than fnorethrooph dx everyting hemi net. Ares rh ‘ontario mc ht mma, en inthe foetal cs {hte pit the teen of we human, bt hey tain he megan tact. nd the seco canbe soweGfb thse adtearov mere ee wijcirnnts runt eto dt ‘othingbat he mer ser fC that of ang Go wit Strpemsoregn athena Signa ytd Inte fim yen the ae af you wil be layed yen ad si esha Rae hc eps any nonfat Seca ofthese aero pure sn ert: "his song as ple hat you om bags moe bel pin een etrctan os hr ame need Shen wa my lod hens tan rir om reading Xiu. pet come rm arn out wh Or aber The i ‘ive za eon cin pied in some tre sy Ene walt noe "ict hentia the ay probit nerd arse ny ater tes ew hash en ke ‘wey uth Sn esos stig med oe hte ym he ee erent yl making dle rot nn bral oni itrocn arma seen os ek Peg and my mote Bete a tenga ceo co omen who ed Bie sin toms rahe aha Alen ety Amann et ‘ecips, came to eachother ia trouble, and prvtned thee eee SSS Mth int nt ed ana "rember watching te wy they ‘oc: Franke thir onan latent on ona ‘Most of them worked, All rise ‘we unpy n he a the ners hl able commits Neen {nite They woud pray in tongues while vacuuming the ‘heb old be pid sn tenon peed ing thine bat atom oe is sues besos ding, yc sre etched out in ive eros they ckacha inte hand. Because Rcolsocriteeri ae mm Ee associate the smell of tissue with church.) Preendcsare Ate time treme thikig ta the sikh wat ohn fl aed prim hase a {seve Noth twat mee diginerent el ‘lao my mtd td ta koe and depres than the ken te he shagcarpet When the money Inch, they repented et. above damp check, Baa ns pin! simi ite eee ht pl pt oma me think hip oft ero hepa, Sirona tah ‘tinue to reinvent. As Has L sloctehere an Sct sal Remap oat sis hae neal eed he tiny lens Tec ee ‘eas with nd etait am sown ar soe at ‘ewecn ng Dag ‘his bya {would ook around to make re 20 ane noticed that tse tords mete coming rates oo leery om my mth ess was ny fst boytiend He owed me, personal and he tld me 1 was hs own This was very triling,epell when he was portrayed ‘pete Hunter Anglo-American Crt eure has eloped sh Kinky eaography of ess the pray who oes she deg dens Here for example Emerson's Diy Soo Address of 1838 sans Chri belonged wo the rue cea prophets He su with open ee ‘he mystery ofthe soul. Dray by i severe barman, raved with ‘bey, he ed ins an had his ing tere. He sain his ube of subnet om divine” Wells exsin,"am dvine and “Ereron pot that we allshould Bt he doer some ext fanay work, fe this pictre of fess tbe apply vied, Jus the perpen jubilee of time fet est eee, coring lhe ime This woulda ae him good for tuch ep sing fran oye. With pies in im. inc ther dae of Betti ofcourse thas bee commonplace to se enn refigon seul ace In characteristaly modem svoj ites sch a can and tale ave regarded all elighon as 29 Tcopized form of exalt. Bloom, in The American Religion ries that thee sn way to disentangle the srl ive from Pntecrtals: He alleit-sodomasociti texan” "s ind forgastic individuals {poten fabian "an etn crcl dinguishable fom sex transport” Theres something to this, be {wary about patting i ie that You ca ede rigin sex only i you dn expecially beleve in thee ‘Whe eared ht organ ike, eat say that the diffence bees ‘tan speaking in tongues wae “eazedly distinguishable” I sce ike {cleat cal ome. Ar the ind festa quickly became, fo et ies an ccrociting erative, God, 1 sue dst ant mt come Ane aes waned owe “the agony ole in choosing betweun orgasm and cgi 2189 faved todos nightiy bai the sort fing gored by any acount ‘tates religion as slime, displaced or misecopnze exalt At thebeglanng of Tr Serio Ladies the great ane Bows nove one ile fdas ances o pay now game" alle five you fr al your ‘Ene nape i fn aos the cer, "Ws no fe fu hat we py ‘pt because i neety ony” This undocbedy just why iin iso quai ot run that we py ‘hat hin rts ike loom are ring a, pit thr ow 3n- roi ectivo is that eligi makes avaible a lnguage of ta, ‘Thorton of sgncance within whic teaspessions against the nol Siero the weed and the Boundaries of elf can Be seem as gd ing. BA wos nine mosieoist as a en ti ea ‘ishient of the world that does not willingly yield mae ovding ening amewek fer he ble pce sanitation tan atta hart tam cant ieee aan seein doubles your pleasure. “ — See cius ‘coc rm eet Sencar meet meataceasanie rains iintaa nate em

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