Arizona State Senator Leads Prayer In Tongues On Floor Before Abortion Ruling

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Arizona State Senator Leads Prayer In Tongues On Floor Before Abortion Ruling
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I heard there are problems with psychiatric help in USA, but I wasn't aware it was this bad.

Oh, man, you have no idea.

Look up the Pentecostals for a good time, and then keep in mind they're considered mainstream.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostalism

Also:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_handling_in_Christianity

Please, anyone who reads this, stop posting links to the mobile version of Wikipedia. It doesn’t switch automatically on PC, and I see it happen all the time. Just take the half a second to remove the “.m” from the beginning of the link, save everyone else from the pain of having to be surprised by it and taking the time to do it themselves.

No. Stop being a self-entitled, lazy slug. They got the resource for you. If it's not good enough for you, either fix it for your use case or don't click it at all.

It takes just as little time to remove the .m. yourself, maybe even less.

I myself do indeed remove the .m.s from my links out of politeness, but it is impolite to demand that others do this.

IMO demand implies stronger language than I was using, my intention was to simply make a request of anyone that encountered my message. I've only started making this request because this happening is something I've noticed happen for literal years, and I want to raise awareness about it, hopefully get others to notice and not make this mistake. Honestly I think the perfect solution would be for Wikipedia to implement a fix on their end, but I have no idea how to go about making a request of them like that.

Probably more users on mobile than PC and anyway it’s super easy to do what you’re asking with m+kb

The reason I ask to remove the .m out of consideration for PC users is because it actually does correct itself on mobile. It's not a symmetrically degraded experience, it's only worse for PC users. And yes, it's an easy fix with kbm, but respectfully, it should also be easy for the original poster to fix it themself.

Exactly. When you're on mobile, the website will check and automatically switch you to the mobile version. If you're on desktop and click a mobile link, that switch doesn't happen, and everything is giant font and wide margins. The assumption is that desktop is still the default means of viewing. And when inserting a link from mobile, it's not that hard to delete the m.

Some mobile interfaces really are terrible for trying to navigate to a precise part in the middle of a link to change it. It’s way easier with a keyboard and mouse. Better yet, desktop browsers tend to have a lot more availability of browser extensions than mobile browsers and I would be really surprised if there weren’t already extensions out there that will automatically correct this problem for desktop users and forward them to the correct version of the page. Wikipedia really should fix this issue though.

Not for nothing, but speaking in tongues is demonstrably bullshit. It's been studied linguistically and neurologically, and been found to be wholly non-miraculous.

https://frame-poythress.org/linguistic-and-sociological-analyses-of-modern-tongues-speaking-their-contributions-and-limitations/

Nothing is miraculous. Nothing exists outside of nature. Only dimwits believe in that shit.

It seems like a delusion of grandeur. A mental illness.

Isn't that most religions? You have the sacred knowledge of the divine will of the creator and ultimate judge of the Universe, who is also your close personal friend. You telepathically communicate, and He tells you that everything you already think is correct. Whatever happens in your lifetime, you're going to hang out with Him behind the velvet rope in the afterlife while all of your enemies are tortured for eternity.

Yeah, for some it's a crutch that helps them through difficult times so it's not all bad but largely I agree

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*Arizona State Senator Pretends to be Possessed by a Ghost Before Abortion Ruling

*Arizona state senator becomes bilingual; adds Gibberish next to primary language of Bullshit.

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Matt 6:5-8 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

It sure seems like an attention seeking parade.

It'd be nice if they would read their own text and get back in the closet. I agree with the poster up there - if it's truly a sacred thing, this sickening display would absolutely sully the whole thing.

I think that preacher screaming about gays and liberals did a lot of damage way back when (used in the trailer for The God Who Wasn't There). Pretty sure that was around the time the xtianists made a conscious movement to ally themselves with politics to forge a theocracy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_T_HDXqkMc

Do people not realize that "speaking in tongues" was just 1611 language's way of saying "they spoke in one language but everyone heard them in their own language"? It literally said that in the passage. Anyone who performs "speaking in tongues" in the "modern way" is lying to you about believing in their religion and about taking it seriously.

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Honestly thats a semi believable part of the bible. Hear a language enough and ya kinda start to get ahold of it. Mind you it requires a base to work with, but given the whole Rome thing I suspect ya could pick up quite a bit at a market or port. Hell Ive experienced it myself, ive on multiple occasions have read Dutch or a Nordic language only to realize I dont know said language and promptly cant read it anymore.

I also watched a Dutch candle making video, that was a weird day overall though.

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My favorite part is that I’ve been an atheist for 8 years and can still speak in tongues. If it were what they say it is, I’d have lost the ability to long ago.

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But every single time I have ever seen it done publicly, like this (and even in some churches) it has been a circus sideshow and a mess

Hey! As a circus sideshow performer, I'd like you to know most of us are professional about what we do and running a show requires a shit ton of coordination

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Holy shit. It 100% looks like a satanic summoming is taking place based on the video.

What is wrong with these people? Get help!

As someone mentioned two weeks ago, we don't have an official language. They should actually set their rules in Santanic gibberish since they'll mean squat in the end when people finally get the courage to ignore them.

He should be removed from office. He is not well.

Your elected officials. They should be hauled off in straight jackets.

For the xtian taliban to get a better idea of how normal America views snake-handling bullshit like this, they should imagine if this were a bunch of Muslims with their rugs out and praying in the same spot.

This timeline is getting to be absolutely ridiculous.

What happened to the separation of church and state?

He is also known for sponsoring a Senate bill, which recently passed, that would permit the Ten Commandments to be recited aloud in public schools.

Is this that indoctrination Republicans have been screaming about not wanting in schools? I guess it’s OK if it’s their particular brand of indoctrination.

So I guess it's now ok for groups of Muslims to pray together to the east on the Senate floor, satanic temple would line up behind them, oh and don't forget about sacrificing of goats to Thor and Odin while we're at it. I guess all that is ok now ...right Arizona? Right?

May the Lord open

Remember when the right spent so much time, even all the way into 2022, gaslighting that people are being hysterical and over the top to talk about Gilead states?

Of course they were dirty liars.

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Why is it always republicans.