So, you're afflicted when you raise your arms in church with tears in your eyes? Or, are those tears of joy? You ever heard charismatics laugh when they're 'slain in the spirit'? I do indeed mourn for His return (Matthew 24:30 KJV). Have you ever seen the mentally impaired laugh uncontrollably, and inappropriately? Take a look at this poor fellow suffering from pseudo bulbar affect associated with multiple sclerosis (and there are other etiologies, btw), 5 min vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqm9MZMIeEE&list=PLX58o2YNINNBiyc8YicC4Xo51vXF9LFBu
How would you respond to this same poor fellow visiting your church while you have your hands raised with tears in your eyes, and your wonderful wife speaking in tongue, 2 min vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isRuieLDK80&index=2&list=PLX58o2YNINNBiyc8YicC4Xo51vXF9LFBu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTsmVNV5rUI
So, let's talk about the Corinthians considering 1Corinthians 5:1 KJV, with John 9:1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in mind with particular emphasis on v. 2. Did God cause those afflictions? Then, where did they come from? Those are examples of people horribly afflicted with neurological disorders. Notice how the narrator can translate/interpret being familiar with this child's neurodevelopmental disorder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flf7irhXNWg
Sorry I couldn't provide a thorough clip of an adult with pseudo bulbar affect incessantly crying. But, I have personally witnessed such.
I know the charismatics think they've got something the great unwashed doesn't have... but, they're not suffering from such neurological disorders. We all know what literal blindness was, lameness, even palsy, hemophilia, and leprosy. I proffer you've unlikely been around those with severe neurological speech impairment, pseudo bulbar affect, gran mal seizures, autism spectrum disorder including Aspergers syndrome that's common in the Jewish population. They don't get out much, like refractory gran mal seizure victims who cannot drive. I encountered one afflicted with a speech disorder this week, her two siblings and father were also afflicted... her husband helped translate/interpret her words that I could not always discern. No obvious IQ problem, but definitely heritable. So much for speaking in tongue (singular). Healthcare professionals lay hands on them. The charismatics can't heal neurological disorders (show me the DNA), and mock such afflictions Biblically perceived as possessed with demons and devils. There is indeed a genetic component, and I do not deny a Satanic component infecting those not so afflicted.
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