re: What's up with the mega church right off the interstate around Hammond?

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I went to a few of the youth events. They had a weekend retreat for youth. Don't remember what it was called officially anymore. The were "teaching" is how to speak in tongues. It was literally tons of teenagers in a room speaking out loud being told to randomly spit out sounds. At the end, a huge Bonfire where people would throw their non Christian cd's and stuff into a fire. It was horrible. I did it for a friend who lost his brother (also in high school). I couldn't do it after that.

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Pretty much this. I watched some of my family (uncles, cousins, etc) fall to this corrosive brand of theology. I have found that most of these people who are "fluent in tongues" are simply ignorant of the Bible. It's a shame that they are usually the most vocal of believers so the general population of non-believers get the jist that all Christians are all like this. Completely counter-productive to the Great Commission, the chief commandment of the New Testament.

I remember when I was finishing my time as undergraduate at SLU and a band of loonies came to the student union park area screaming about by attending a university you are giving into Satan. I also believe they said in their incoherent ranting and raving that masturbation is evil.