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    Should Christians celebrate Halloween?

    No, Halloween, contrary to what you read/see on the internet, has no ties to an ancient pagan past. Most people try to attach it to Gaelic Samhain, but other than a common date and perhaps a "feeling", there's no connection. When we celebrate Halloween, we are definitely participating in a...
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    Should Christians celebrate Halloween?

    Many assert that the establishment of All Hallows' Eve, All Saint’s Day and All Souls Day (collectively, 'Hallowtide') was the early church’s attempt to “Christianize the Gaelic Samhain” or co-opt some of its customs, but this not at all the case nor does it stand to reason. Think about this...
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    Why tongues of fire at Pentecost?

    Cloven tongues, I believe, is just a description of the 'fire' - If you've ever been at a campfire or have a wood burning fireplace, you'll see small "tongues" of flames that can appear as if split down the middle. I don't really see this as any more than a physical description of a "typical"...
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    No, the message could be read easily enough - it was in Aramaic. If anything, Daniel translated it to Akkadian. It's not so much that what was written couldn't be read (it could), as much as no one knew what it meant. The message was rather cryptic.
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    It was written in a real rational language that any one who knew how to write Aramaic could read. Not exactly a 'heavenly' language. It was written in a language people could understand.
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    They knew what it said; they could read it, they just didn't know what was meant by it.
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    Tell that to the myriad tongues-speakers who frequently use it as 'evidence' of a heavenly language (i.e. tongues-speech).
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    See posts 1,112 and1,113
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    See posts 1,112 and 1,113
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    Grab a good lexicon (and that wouldn't be Strong's - that's a concordance) and look the word up.
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    Yes, I know, but there's really no way to condense this much further.
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    PART 2 - Something to think about - In the entire Pentecost narrative, _not one_ language is ever referenced by name. Why do you suppose that is? When Peter stood up and addressed the crowd, what language do you suppose he addressed them in?? The “list of nations”, as it’s called, of Acts...
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    Thought I already commented on that, but guess not...apologies for the long post. Due to length, looks like I have to do it in 2 posts. PART 1 - When it’s boiled down, most arguments for tongues at Pentecost can ultimately be said to hinge on two things; first, what the Holy Spirit actually...
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    This one's also been done ad nauseum - This one could easily take a few pages to explain properly, but I'll try and sum it up as briefly as possible..... Again, you have to go to the Greek. This passage hinges on the Greek word “akarpos” – which can be used in two different ways: in an active...
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    problem related to praying in tongues

    Except that they don't. That notion comes from a misreading of the Pentecost narrative in Acts. The Holy Spirit didn't give the utterance (i.e., the language/words), it gave the manner in which it was uttered.