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Thursday, November 9, 2006

Jesus Camp to Close

posted by on November 9 at 17:11 PM

The camp featured in Jesus Camp will close due to harassment from angry liberals.

But at least little 12-year-old Emily, a Kids on Fire camper in 2003, got the chance to teach her friend how to speak in tongues… in the bathtub!:

“The night Uncle Leon prayed for me I was on the floor bawling, and my tummy was shaking. I was down there for like an hour. There were so many kids piled up on the floor and there was no room for me, so I was moved to a bench where I continued to cry and shake until God was done with me.”

[ … ]

“Just a week ago two of my cousins where here from the cities. They are both girls and are our age. We were in the attic playing and just having fun when I felt led to pray for my cousin about praying in tongues. So we went in the bathroom so we would not be interrupted. She said she wanted to speak in tongues, so we got in the bath tub. I told her a little about what it was like. Then I said that when we got out of the tub that she would be speaking in tongues. I prayed for her and I felt electricity go through my arms. When we got out of the tub she was able to speak in tongues.”

Ummm.

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one of my firend's mom would speak in tongues. I'd stay over at his house often and at 5am every morning her speaking in tongues shit would hit and wake us up. it was so damn creepy. I looked in on her once...she was doing like a dance on her knees as she hollered. it was nonsense to me, and very weird.

Posted by nipper | November 9, 2006 5:24 PM
2

Wasn't this song on Purple Rain?

Posted by Andrew | November 9, 2006 6:48 PM
3

Getting your first cousin into the tub just isn't cool. If it's cousins-by-marriage, then that's different.

Posted by Dougsf | November 9, 2006 7:08 PM
4

Bath tub? Electricity? Speaking in tongues? Sounds like a hair dryer got dropped someplace it shouldn't have.

Posted by COMTE | November 9, 2006 7:33 PM
5

My guess is tongues were involved... but not exactly for speaking.

Posted by Giffy | November 9, 2006 7:49 PM
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That whole story just doesn't add up. Playing in the attic and "just having fun"? Going to the bathroom to avoid interruption? Hopping in a bathtub to somehow enable the speaking-in-tongues ability?

It's almost as believable as buying meth from a hooker, then throwing it away. Three times.

Besides, I don't see what the big deal about speaking in tongues is. I was doing it just the other night, after my 7th (or was it the 8th?) cocktail...

Posted by Tahn, the erstwhile Monkey | November 9, 2006 10:11 PM

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