☕ + glossolalia
I’m choosing to interpret this as “speaking in tongues” as prevalent throughout charismatic Christian churches.
I think it’s complete nonsense. There’s been plenty of sample studies that talk about the presence and frequency of certain sounds/phonemes in the “inspired/touched” speech vs the speaker’s native language that shows there are recognizable sound patterns and trends. It’s just a semi-hysterical state of mind these people hype themselves up into, not unlike certain ecstatic rites.
I also think it’s nonsense from a doctrinal standpoint! When we look at the Pentecost narrative in Acts, it’s pretty clear the ‘tongues’ being spoken are other earthly languages understood by other human beings who speak those languages. When speaking in tongues is referred to later in the Pauline epistles, there are references to needing an interpreter, which to me puts it firmly in the “speaking a real, comprehensible language” camp. What would be the spiritual merit of babbling nonsense to a congregation?? At the first Pentecost, the apostles are given the ability to speak to a lot of foreign visitors in their own languages. This serves the church! It makes sense!











