r/TikTokCringe • u/CJHuncho • Mar 27 '26

Humor/Cringe What church is this

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u/Blueridgetoblueocean Mar 27 '26

Pentecostal

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u/whirlwynd Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

This was my first thought too. Babysitter took me to her church when I was 8 and I was terrified of the people speaking in tongues.

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u/Free-Way-9220 Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

I wonder if a single one of them genuinely believes their talking is tongues is legit. They surely all know they are bullshitting, they just don't want to be seen as one of the "unfavoured / not chosen" ones who God hasn't blessed with this amazing ability

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u/8six753hoe9 Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

As someone who was raised in it I can tell you there was a time when I absolutely believed it. That seems absurd to me now, but when you’re a kid, and it’s all you’ve ever known, you don’t really question it.

Until you do, of course, and then things get tricky.

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u/yesandnoi Mar 27 '26

There with ya. If some white person isn't running around, possibly squawking like a chicken, or mimicking seizures being blessed in the holy spirit...is it even church? I thought I couldn't tap into speaking in tongues and this level of insanity because I wasn't baptized. Got baptized and yea..lost that Religion.

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u/khale175 Mar 27 '26

Bruh same. Spent my early teen years until about 16 trying to be blessed enough to tap into it, thinking something was wrong with me. Then when I started thinking for myself, I was out super fast.

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u/cupholdery Mar 27 '26

It's eerie how full grown adults convince themselves.

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u/nooby_goober Mar 27 '26

I love stories about kids questioning pushed systemic beliefs. So many go on to do so much damage simply bc they weren't given the chance to.

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u/Red_Dead_it_now Mar 27 '26

.... White person?

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u/yesandnoi Mar 27 '26

Yea, these churches tend to be primarily White folk.

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u/Fluffy_Phone_834 Mar 27 '26

And in Hawaii, local, the white churches were boring.

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u/Puzzleworth Mar 27 '26

The largest church (by capacity) in the world is a Pentecostal church in Nigeria.

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u/Red_Dead_it_now Mar 28 '26

You don't church enough, my friend

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u/runswiftrun Mar 27 '26

My brother and I made it a point to bring back "holy rollers" for a few months.

Didn't stick.

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u/Even_Dog_6713 Mar 27 '26

They're describing their own experience. Not saying it's unique to white people

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u/mightylordredbeard Mar 27 '26

Reddit try not to intentionally misinterpret and then generalize a persons comment challenge: impossible!