The Pentecostals are a sorry bunch I'll tell you.  Why don't they ever imitate the mighty rushing wind in Acts chapter 2, or the cloven tongues of fire?  Why do they only imitate speaking in tongues?  And by the way, and this might surprise you--no one spoke in tongues in Acts 2 at Pentecost! 

That's right, NO ONE SPOKE IN TONGUES!  If you read the Word of God carefully, it says "every man heard them speak in his own language."  Peter was preaching to a crowd of thousands.  At least 16 different nations were present (Acts 2:9-11).  Each man heard the Gospel in his native tongue (language).  Here are a few important observations:

Men did not initiate this gift, God did!  You can't show me one place in the Bible where a Christian decided to speak in tongues.  Rather, it was always initiated by God at spontaneous times of God's choosing.
 
The gift was for the purpose of soulwinning.  Thousands of people were saved at Pentecost (Acts 2:41).  The ridiculous practice of speaking in the Charismatic's mumbo-jumbo "tongues" is of the Devil  .  They've created a form of entertainment that attracts carnally-minded people.  Proof of this is in the Bible itself. 

Do you realize that the ONLY church in the New Testament to which Paul ever wrote to speak about tongues was the church at Corinth ,  THE CARNAL CHURCH!  Paul stated in 1st Corinthians 3:1-3, "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.  For ye are yet carnal, " 

Pentecostals meet in their religious buildings and act like crazy idiots--falling on the floor, barking, howling, babbling, etc.  This is carnal, and not in any way related to the gift of tongues at Pentecost which was used to relay the Gospel to lost sinners.  When Abraham was old, he sent his eldest servant, Eleazar, back to his native land to find a Christian wife for Isaac.   Eleazar took with him, as gifts, many expensive items and ten camels, and set out for Mesopotamia.  Notice that the PURPOSE of the the "gifts" was to bring back a BRIDE for Isaac.  If Eleazar would have come back without the bride, he would have failed.  This is a good illustration of how foolish Charismatics are today.  Pentecostals make the gifts an END in themselves.  Do you think Abraham would have been pleased if Eleazar gave all the gifts away, but came back WITHOUT the bride?  Abraham would have been very angry.  This is what the Charismatics are doing today.  Instead of focusing on the main issue, which is SOULWINNING; they have focused on the gifts. 
 
Peter knew what he was trying to say.  Pentecostals openly admit that they don't know what they're saying when they speak in tongues.   Thus, Charismatic "tongues" is demonic.  There is absolutely NOTHING in the Word of God about speaking in some "unknown" language.  Acts 2:6 plainly states ,  "every man heard them speak in his own language."  The Biblical evidence against the Charismatic Movement is solid, and damning.

FXKing2012:

The apostles spoke in tongues after Jesus ascended. Jesus said when He goes He will send the Comforter to be with us. The Comforter is the Holy Spirit and that is why we are able to speak in tongues as Christians filled with the Holy Spirit.

But of course I dont expect you to understand this cos it is not giving to everybody to understand, only the children of the kingdom can understand it. Jesus said you dont give what is holy to dogs, otherwise the dogs will trample upon it and turn to attack you.

You just cant help but expose your folly. You know nothing about the Bible and here you are trying to talk about the contents of our Holy Book. If you have nothing else to do and u are bored why not go to bed.

Joagbaje:

@op

What do you say about this?

Acts 19:6
6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

Azibalua:

1 Corinthians 14:2
2 For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth [him]; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

Acts 19:5-7
5 When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. 7 And all the men were about twelve.

1 Corinthians 14:18
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:




Pls go back to childrens church so you can be properly schooled in the things of the spirit.

Joagbaje:

1 Corinthians 14:2
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: [size=15pt]for no man understandeth him[/size]; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:18
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:

1 Corinthians 14:14
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

Joagbaje:

1 Corinthians 14:2
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:18
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:

1 Corinthians 14:14
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

Carefully notice that no one in the Old Testament spoke in tongues.  In Acts chapter 9 we read of Saul's conversion (later to be called, Paul, the Apostle).  There is no mention of him speaking in tongues as an initial evidence of salvation.  A Samaritan woman (the woman at the well) was saved in John chapter 4; but we don't see any Biblical record of her speaking in tongues.  

There is no record of Jesus speaking in tongues.  

Paul never mentioned speaking in tongues in his epistles to the churches, except to the carnal church of Corinth.  The Apostle John wrote 1st John so we could KNOW we are saved (1st John 5:13); yet he never mentions speaking in tongues.  The book of Revelation never mentions speaking in tongues.  Clearly, Pentecostals have created a false religion.

Lord_Reed:

@diluminati
Read I Corinthians 14 before you expose your ignorance and venom.

It is clear that there are divers types of "tongues" and it is also clear you have an agenda not to learn truth.

Tee_Jay:

Sir,
I commend you for having the patience to respond to the poster; it is obvious he/she is all out to condemn anything and everything christianity. So much so that he/she trawls the internet for any article that aligns with or supports her morbid hatred for christianity/church.
This latest attempt just goes to show how uninformed and desperate she is; quoting scriptural references without any sort of understanding of the context it was made.
I'll rather leave her type to keep trying to "kick against the pricks" knowing fully well that the same fate that befell Paul would one day(I pray) be hers,

diluminati:

But have you ever asked yourself why Paul wrote this only to the carnal church in corinth?

and secondly did paul declare it as a standard, a must for all y'all christians to follow?

diluminati:

dont be sentimental about it guys. dont you have your reasoning caps on?

Look at the title again: Stop It! No One Spoke In Unknown Tongues In The Bible!

If paul wrote that letter to the carnal church in corinth explaining some doctrines to them, does it mean there is some evidence that it was recorded people spoke in an unknown tongue? Try and get my drift here!

FXKing2012:

[s]Seriously are u really this daft or you are just pretending to be in order to seek attention? Again, if you dont know the Bible, pls dont talk about it cos it makes u look very stooopid.[/s]
The Bible verses below talk about speaking in unknown tongues, now pls shut it and stop exposing your folly in here.

1 Corinthians 14:14
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

1 Corinthians 14:2
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

I think we are giving her too much attention and she's really enjoying it.

1 Corinthians 14:14
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

1 Corinthians 14:2
2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

[size=18pt]"Tongues" simply means "Languages" in the Bible[/size]

It is extremely important for the Bible student to look up the word "tongues" in the Greek.  As you will find, "glossa" simply means "languages."  When the Bible speaks of "tongues," it ALWAYS is referring to a KNOWN, earthy, established language--never some mysterious, unknown, hocus-pocus, mumbo-jumbo.  The demonic tongues which the Pentecostals practice is NOT found anywhere in the Word of God.  Even the carnal Church of Corinth wasn't foolish enough to speak in some crazy language that even the speaker didn't understand.  This is clearly evidenced by Paul's constant mention of the necessity of an interpreter.  No one could interpret the garbage which Charismatics are babbling even if they tried.  They admit that they don't even know what they're saying.

Scientific perspectives
Neuroscience
In 2006, at the University of Pennsylvania, researchers, under the direction of Andrew Newberg, MD, completed the world's first brain-scan study of a group of Pentecostal Practitioners while they were speaking in tongues. Newberg found that the brain responds very differently than when nuns pray or Buddhists meditate. [/b]Several significant findings were identified. [b]First, although the practitioners spoke in a coherent language-like way, activity in the language centers of the brain actually decreased, which raises the question of where the language was coming from. This suggests that the brain contains other unidentified language circuits.

In this form of spiritual practice, Pentecostal practitioners temporarily suspend their system of beliefs (generated by frontal lobe activity, which decreases during glossolalia). This is similar to how creativity works in the brain; we basically enter altered states of consciousness, and this gives us a new perception of the world.
This could point to having a premonition etc

Other differences were found: Pentecostalists maintain a sense of God's otherness, whereas Eastern meditation traditions dissolve the self/other sense. Those practitioners tend to feel "at one" with the universe or God (the parietal lobe activity decreases). The emotional strength of glossolalic experiences also would leave a lasting imprint on the brain. In essence, different forms of prayer and meditation allow for different experiences of the world, reality, and the ultimate nature of God or the universe.

The brain scans also showed a permanent unusual asymmetry in thalamic activity, which was also found in Newberg's scans of nuns and Buddhists. This supports the theory that either intensive prayer permanently alters the brain, or that people with an abnormally functioning thalamus are more prone to having spiritual/religious experiences. It also suggests that intensive focusing on any idea stimulates a series of circuits in the brain that turn the object of contemplation into a physical reality. The study will published in the journal PSYCHIATRY: NEUROIMAGING in the fall of 2006, and is fully described in Newberg's book, WHY WE BELIEVE WHAT WE BELIEVE. Newberg is Associate Professor, Departments of Radiology and Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania and Staff Physician, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System.