Comments on: Speaking In Tongues: part 2 of a childhood memoir http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/ Religion, Philosophy, Life Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Roger Gordon http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-14215 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:51:47 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-14215 I'm a Christian who attends a church that does the 'tongues' thing, and I can understand how creepy this seems to some people. What a hilarious article! Thanks a lot! You're a great writer. I’m a Christian who attends a church that does the ‘tongues’ thing, and I can understand how creepy this seems to some people. What a hilarious article! Thanks a lot! You’re a great writer.

]]> by: V http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13506 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:22:33 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13506 I found your blog through your Alistapart article. Oh my goodness...thank you for this. I laughed out loud. Kids are hilarious! I found your blog through your Alistapart article. Oh my goodness…thank you for this. I laughed out loud. Kids are hilarious!

]]> by: Micky http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13410 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:58:54 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13410 How are we going to be free from the past? How are we going to be free from the past?

]]> by: Amber Simmons http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13384 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:31:27 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13384 Russ, The baptismal tank at Church on the Way was like one of those dunking tanks you see at fairs where you throw the baseball and hit the target and the guy inside falls into the water. IT was like that, only wider and slightly shallower. It was all clear so the parishoners could see everything. It was up on a little stage kind of next to and behind the main pulpit. At least, that's what I remember it being like--the last time I Was there I was around 10 years old. Church on the Way is still there and going strong with like a billion members. It's one of those enormous churches out in California. Russ,

The baptismal tank at Church on the Way was like one of those dunking tanks you see at fairs where you throw the baseball and hit the target and the guy inside falls into the water. IT was like that, only wider and slightly shallower. It was all clear so the parishoners could see everything. It was up on a little stage kind of next to and behind the main pulpit.

At least, that’s what I remember it being like–the last time I Was there I was around 10 years old. Church on the Way is still there and going strong with like a billion members. It’s one of those enormous churches out in California.

]]> by: Russ Brooks http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13220 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:05:11 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13220 Wow! Brings back memories for me. My Born-Again Christian father [and later, Born-Again Christian stepmother] dragged me, highly unwilling, to a holy-roller church in rural North Jersey every Sunday. Tongues, people "slain in the spirit", a rockin' band, three-hour-long, painfully mind-numbing services, and yes, I too was fully dunked in the tub. Remember the tub? Did "Church on the Way" have the built-in tub up behind the pulpit, with the window so the entire congregation could witness? Ah, the 70's. Bad music, crappy fashion, amphetamines, laughable hairdos, and freakish religions. Fortunately for me, I had an escape route the summer of 1985 at 15 years old -- go live with normal, saintly, non-practicing Catholic mother at the coastal island resort town of Wildwood Crest, New Jersey. I haven't been to church since! If my father knew how I felt about that stuff as a kid, he'd be crushed. Hopefully, he won't see this. When he goes Jesus on me today [rarely because he lives in Florida], I simply clam up -- and I have for the last 25 years. I don't have the heart to tell him how I feel. There is nothing you can say to sway a 70-some-year-old man. So, silence seems to be the best policy. Wow! Brings back memories for me. My Born-Again Christian father [and later, Born-Again Christian stepmother] dragged me, highly unwilling, to a holy-roller church in rural North Jersey every Sunday. Tongues, people “slain in the spirit”, a rockin’ band, three-hour-long, painfully mind-numbing services, and yes, I too was fully dunked in the tub. Remember the tub? Did “Church on the Way” have the built-in tub up behind the pulpit, with the window so the entire congregation could witness? Ah, the 70’s. Bad music, crappy fashion, amphetamines, laughable hairdos, and freakish religions. Fortunately for me, I had an escape route the summer of 1985 at 15 years old — go live with normal, saintly, non-practicing Catholic mother at the coastal island resort town of Wildwood Crest, New Jersey. I haven’t been to church since! If my father knew how I felt about that stuff as a kid, he’d be crushed. Hopefully, he won’t see this. When he goes Jesus on me today [rarely because he lives in Florida], I simply clam up — and I have for the last 25 years. I don’t have the heart to tell him how I feel. There is nothing you can say to sway a 70-some-year-old man. So, silence seems to be the best policy.

]]> by: sarabethjones http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13191 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:58:20 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13191 Oh my gosh, this made my husband and I laugh out loud! What a great story. I found you through shortfatkid's link to your article on A List Apart (which I also enjoyed) and I can't wait to read on... Oh my gosh, this made my husband and I laugh out loud! What a great story. I found you through shortfatkid’s link to your article on A List Apart (which I also enjoyed) and I can’t wait to read on…

]]> by: Amber Simmons http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13176 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:01:41 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13176 I'm glad you laughed! Childhood is funny; so is religion. When the two get together, it *should* be a grand ol' time! I’m glad you laughed! Childhood is funny; so is religion. When the two get together, it *should* be a grand ol’ time!

]]> by: Abu http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13172 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:10:16 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2007/07/27/speakingintongues/#comment-13172 Although it shouldn't have, reading this post made me laugh quite a lot. Although it shouldn’t have, reading this post made me laugh quite a lot.

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