Could you take seriously a public figure (thinking of evangelists here) who talks in tongues?

Question

If so, are you confident of his ability to be rational?

Answer 1

I've still got to hear any of them do it!  I guess thats because I don't attend church! lol

Answer 2

Yes I could take it seriously, although speaking in tongues is a gift from God. It allows us to speak in a language the devil doesn't understand. If a public speaker was doing it, it may be because he is praying to God, although people aren't gonna understand and they would be rather sceptical. It's more for in church or when praying by yourself or with others..

Answer 3

I doubt it (not encountered one here in the ~UK).

Sash.

Answer 4

Probably not.  I've seen people claim to be talking in tongues and others claiming to be discerning what they are saying.  Found out later that the person supposedly speaking in tongues was just making funny sounds so people would stop trying to save her at the alter of a church.  But the person who said they understood what she was saying never knew that.  This person had all kinds of prophecies to speak of.  It was a rather enlightening experience, that's when I realized just how wrong I was about all of it. The beginning of the end so to speak.  Now I have very little trust in that sort of thing, you never know who is honest and who is just trying to suck you into something that isn't what it seems.  The person who claimed to have heard all of these prophecies was/is a family member and the person just trying to get out of there was my best friend whom I talked into the whole situation.  Sure made me look really stupid.