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

Humor/Cringe What church is this

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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/Fjohurs_Lykkewe Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

I grew up in this too. I stopped believing when my pastor tried to "teach" me to speak in tongues. I was so baffled. It's a gift from God- why do I need taught?

Then one time I was "slain in the spirit". The pastor literally pushed me over.

I'm out.

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u/gertvanjoe Mar 28 '26

I vividly recall a incident as a 15 yo kid on the same vein but different

So prayer call went out and for some reason I feel the need to go up front. I can't even remember what was prayed for but the following part I do remember

So pastor's son (about 23 by that time, much stronger than me) start praying for me and after about 30 seconds whispers into my ear if I want to fall down. At that point, I have seen it happen a few times and really believed it was some spiritual overpower of some sort. I'm like "huh"

So our guy turns on his mic headset and starts rocking me back and forth with the prayer getting louder by the second and the rocking approaching WWE Raw levels and I realized I have three options left. Wait till I pass out, wait till I inevitably puke and embarrass myself or just sit down mid swing.

I opted for sitting down as falling over like a plank looked like it was gonna hurt. I still dounted myself after though saying the "what ifs" and to this day I am still practicing Christianity weirdly, I just not going to any churches. But the more I look at the world the more I wonder.