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Of course he did - Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles – it stands to reason he would use his knowledge of foreign languages more than the average person to spread the Gospel, and thanked God for giving him the ability to do so. A frequent use of foreign languages was sort of part of his “job...

Not as easy a task as you might think. The language of the speaker maybe able to be identified by the audience ("Hey, I think that guy's speaking Gaulish - sounds like something I've heard in my travels"), but finding a translator can be a whole other story.

Actually Paul says no such thing - he simply admonishes that at a public setting, if a person wishes to pray aloud in his native language that no one else speaks/understands, to secure a translator such that all may benefit, elsewise keep silent and pray to himself and God.

No, this is not at all a reference to tongues-speech. In short, it is a reference specifically to the Assyrian language. Seeing the Jews will not hear God speaking by his prophets and ministers, in their own language, they will now hear their enemies speaking to them in a strange language. He...

Well, as a linguist, I have a very different view of modern tongues-speech.

Sorry, I have to completely disagree - it's not gibberish so much as just a nonsense sentence. The words, though people don't seem to be able to make sense of them, are Hebrew words; i.e., unlike tongues-speech, they are real rational language. I tend to think it's the Isaiah's imitation of his...

No, modern tongues-speech is not rational language. See some of the Torah commentaries on this verse to get a better insight. From one such commentary - See the first answer and discussion given here: https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/18649/isaiah-2810-precepts-or-gibberish

Yep, some amazing Cape Breton fiddlers who have given Celtic music a unique twist!

I am very familiar with Celtic beliefs and traditions. I even know a few modern Druids, but I'm not one of them. Being an amateur folk musician with a concentration on Celtic traditional music however, I can relate to the Awen as a 'bardic muse', though it's more of a Druid concept.

Nova Scotia has a very cool Scots Gaelic tradition! I have strong ancestral ties to 'Acadia' (as it was called before the English/Scots got there). Some of my ancestors were the among the first Governors of French Acadia. Mi'kmaq is also prevalent there, but not as much as in the past.

Ya, un tammig - but I can read it much better than I can speak it unfortunately. I'm more familiar with Gaelic and Welsh. English, Polish and French (Québécois) were the languages at home growing up. My concentrations in Linguistics are mainly historical linguistics and phonology, but I'm...

They do admittedly speak to my Celtic roots - though primarily Breton, and there are plenty of standing stones in Breizh, but not as cool as Callanish :)

Thanks for proofing my comment

Because I think they're pretty cool.

It always amazes me how quick people are to jump to conclusions about someone based solely on the fact that said person does not agree with their beliefs 100%. If someone does not fit into your box of beliefs, they are instantly branded. Kind of sad, actually. To touch briefly on your...

No - he's saying 'language-like', and exactly right in that it's not going to sound like the speaker's native language.

First, I'm not trying to deceive anyone. Modern tongues-speech is what it is; non-cognitive non-language utterance. With respect to discernment when it comes to tongues; I do not hold that it's anything divine/demonic in origin; it's an entirely self-created phenomenon - for me, there isn't...

You'll need to give a more definite link, but again, he concludes "language-like".

So, essentially there is a lot of debate even amongst tongues-speakers as to what's legit and what's not. That seems to be the gist of what you're getting at (?).

I'm familiar with many of these, particularly Samarin and Goodman. I think you're misreading something - nowhere do either advocate that modern tongues-speech is actual language, nor have I ever heard of any other linguist who does. "Language-like" is the usual moniker attached to...