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‘NDHDIUBGUGTRUCG…!‘ Did Televangelist Juanita Bynum ’Type in Tongues’ on Facebook?

Is Juanita Bynum the First Person to Type in Tongues?

Perhaps you’re familiar with the religious practice of speaking in tongues — the Biblical gift that enables individuals to speak and interpret a language that is believed to come directly from God.

Of course, the theological construct comes alongside a great deal of debate. While some individuals embrace this notion as a realistic element of the Christian faith, others dismiss it as a mythical practice. But the debate is more complex than that, with theologians expressing a variety of views on the religious practice also referred to as “glossolalia.”

Either way, the significance of the practice of tongues has been observed for centuries. Interestingly, recent — and curious — events by a Christian preacher have caused some in the faith and media communities to wonder if a new phenomenon — “typing in tongues” — is entering the scene.

Juanita Bynum, a Pentecostal televangelist, raised eyebrows among some bloggers, journalists and Christians, alike, when some of her Facebook posts looked as though they contained text typed “in tongues.” The Christian Post has more:

In the first message time stamped 3:57 p.m., it appeared that Juanita Bynum II, the account holder for the Facebook page, started praying for Zachery Tims, the Florida megachurch minister who was found dead in a New York City hotel room on Aug. 12:

GOD WE PRAY FOR THE DESTINY CHURCH FAMILY….WE PRAY FOR THE STRENGTH OF PASTOR RIVA TIMS….MIGHTY GOD…GIVE US STRENGTH…..WE ARE THE BODY THAT FEELS THIS PAIN…..WE ALL FEEL IT…..COVER THE MINDS OF HIS CHILDREN…GRAB THEM UP IN YOUR ARMS LORD JESUS……BE A COMFORT TO THEM…..YOU ARE THE MANY BREASTED ONE….

Then, a second post with the same timestamp appeared (nothing was out of the ordinary with this one). A third post, published a minute later, begins to show the odd text that some see as evidence of digital tongues. Here’s the first message that includes this curious text:

Is Juanita Bynum the First Person to Type in Tongues?

While some would likely dismiss these letters as an error, Bynum continued to post other messages with the same jumbled text. Here are more examples:

Is Juanita Bynum the First Person to Type in Tongues?

Reaction to these messages has been intriguing. The Post highlights a few of the comments that were posted on Facebook:

“God did not tell her to type in tongues…I think every sane/spiritual person knows this to be true… an explanation/interpretation should really be made in order for the confusion and ruckus to cease,” wrote Kischa Loree Pena .

Pena continued, “Dr. Bynum…I think you should defend yourself. If the spirit fell so hard that you lost control of your typing, just say so. Too many people are being led astray and fed false teaching/doctrine in a time when a pure and sincere relationship with our heavenly Father is necessary…and I am saddened by these posts.”

So far, Bynum has been silent about the intriguing Facebook messages. Interestingly, she hasn’t posted any “tongue” text since these notes were uncovered.

(h/t The Daily Beast)

Comments (260)

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  • Eddie
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:34pm

    Merely an attempt to type in the Ebonics language. And a miserable FAIL!

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  • paulusmaximus
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:33pm

    The word tongues in the new testament means languages not mindless gibberish. Writing in German or Sudinise might qualify as a miracle except for the fact you can now use programs to change the words from english for you.

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    • sliverhorse
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:12pm

      there is an unknown tougues spoken about in the bible. But it is people that do thing as bynum does that brings a a reproach on the body of Christ that are living for God and Doing there best to be above reproach to God. She is a preacher of the Money crowd that are looking to enrich themselves. Not love thier neigbor as themselves.

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    • Newby101
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 9:40pm

      Passage 1 Corinthians 14:2:

      2For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God:
      for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

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    • webpreacher
      Posted on September 3, 2011 at 7:37pm

      Ok, here is the “RED FLAG”, to this Juanita Bynum, and that is her claim to be a “Prophetess” ?
      There are no more prophets, the time of Prophesy has long been over and finished / completed, the last being the Apostle John, who from the Isle of Patmos penned the book of Revelation, being lead by the Holy Spirit to write. Revelation 1:3-9 ! Also know this,, ALL, that’s ALL, of God’s prophets have been Hebrew men all throughout the Scripture, Revelation being the last prophesy given, which completes God’s Word !
      Don’t take my word for it, do your homework, research the Scriptures, study,and see what God says about who is His prophets. Deuteronomy 18: 18-22; 18 ” I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him”.19 “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him”. 20 “But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die”. 21 “And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken”? 22 “When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid (

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    • veracity79
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:48am

      thank you. it’s amazing how people long to believe “tongues” is some kind of personal God language. the problem is that christianity (mainly rome/catholicism) did away with the old testament as some sort of old covenant or history lesson, you need to understand the old testament before you can even BEGIN to understand the new.

      21Not every one that said to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works? 23And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

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    • child of God
      Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:52pm

      exactly……God would not make a language that has no sentence structure. i’ve heard people talk about how their friend started speaking a language not known on earth while praying and it was clearly a language with sentence structure.

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    • child of God
      Posted on September 11, 2011 at 5:03pm

      @webpreacher
      that’s not entirely true…..look up Joan of Arc in Wikipedia. she could be said to have been a prophet.

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  • Mannax
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:29pm

    I read fluent Typoneese. Unfortunately I also type it.

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:28pm

    Did she vote for BHO??? One wonders!!!!

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:27pm

    Speaking and typing in tongues happens to me every now and then. But only when I’m hanging out with Jack Daniels for some reason.

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    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:33pm

      Rofl!

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:42pm

      Or perhaps she is hanging out with the weed mon…

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    • Mtroom
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 8:08pm

      Nah….jrook…it hasta be Jack or his cousin Jim Beam, or their Uncle Johny Walker…the weed mon only makes you eat Twinkies…not speak in Tongues.

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 3, 2011 at 9:50am

      @Mtroom You hit it. Talking with Twinkies in her mouth.

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  • Grace1798
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:26pm

    There is nothing in the Bible that supports lack of self-control. In Galatians chapter 5 it details the Fruit of the Holy Spirit. One Spiritual Fruit is called “self-control.” Scripture tells us that when we allow the power of the Holy Spirit to have full sway that it can invoke a feeling of fainting but not one of the disciples who were filled with the Holy Spirit were out of control. I would love to see the rest of the Spiritual Fruit of the Holy Spirit like WISDOM, TEACHING, Love of God rather than Hate and the rest of the fruit of the Holy Spirit instead. Why is it always tongues? Tongues are not even on the list of Spiritual Fruit? This is why we AVOID church like the plague these days…too much knee-jerk emotional reactions instead of all the Spiritual Fruit working together bring about healing of the people and wholeness. If it’s just tongues, what GOOD has come out of it? Who was healed? Who was restored? Who was helped?

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    • Servant Of YHVH
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:44pm

      I’m a strong believer in speaking in tongues but the large majority of “speaking in tongues (or even typing in tongues) is abused and faked as the way that it is done is not supported in the Bible. Anyone that claims to speak in tongues in a manner not given in the Bible (since it is pretty specific in what way tongues are “spoken”) gives question, serious and valid doubts about the sincerity and authenticity of someone‘s salvation since deliberately doing things the way God tells us NOT to do something isn’t a sign of actual salvation. Of course, that is between God and her (or anyone else that does it) but it still does raise up serious doubts. I’ve seen things like deliberately speaking in manner simulating tongues and such is pretty predominate in voodoo and things like that. Also satan loves to have people simulate tongues to try and bring ridicule and derision to actual followers of God. Whatever the case, according to the Bible, whatever she did is clearly NOT of the Bible or God (according to God’s Word) and unless it was some kind of health issue that caused her to do it inadvertantly then I pray that she will seek repentence if she is so minded and truly trying to follow God. There are so many people that claim to follow God because for some it is a very lucrative business they are making money at or because they think that it is “cool” to say “see, see, I’m a Christian”, see my cross that I’m wearing, when in reality it means nothing to them.

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    • scarebear83
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:14pm

      May I recommend attending a church of Christ in your area? No hooplah but the word of God being taught as it should be. No doctrines of men or creeds or fancy shows but a focus on worshiping God and preaching the Word to call sinners to repent. I hope you’ll think about it. Heb. 10:25

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    • BOMUSTGO
      Posted on September 3, 2011 at 3:46am

      1 Cor 14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

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  • 1956
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:26pm

    She’s either having a stroke or she needs to cut back her fingernails.

    Looks like she done crowned herself the Princess of Pentecostal Preachers.

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  • Tom
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:26pm

    These are the people and the reason Christianity gets mocked. Its all about the $$$$.

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    • Docrow
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:36pm

      yup

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    • bikerr
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:24pm

      Not really,but one can think that.Try to look up speaking in tongues and then maybe just maybe you’d understand.

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    • joe1234
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:55pm

      christianity is mocked because fascist atheists, muslim wackos, etc have no answer to christianity…so all they can do is mock…they sure can’t win the argument.

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  • neverending
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:26pm

    She is an absolute moron. Had about a 3 million dollar wedding which was really weird and much later down the road he beat the crap out of her.

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  • Jack of Hearts
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:25pm

    Yeah, lots of people talk and type in “spirits” – usually just after they fall out of the bar.

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  • Uechi
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:25pm

    How about taking in Cocaine, Meth or weed language. Talking tonguea yeah and I know where the tooth fairy lives, please.

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  • David Foxfire
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:24pm

    It is official: THIS is grieving the Holy Spirit if I ever see it. I pray that God gives this crack notice that, when it comes to speaking in toungues, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG!

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  • Nigel2
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:20pm

    Would that be like typing with a lisp? LOL!!

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:26pm

      LOL excellent.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:26pm

      Or typing LOL instead of Laugh out loud. Maybe if you knew tongues like you think others know what LOL means you would know what she typed.

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  • Nigel2
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:19pm

    Or maybe she accidentally hit control/shift?? I have always wondered why hitting control/shift makes gobbledy goop come off your keyboard. What kinda function could that possibly be?

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  • R4M0N
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:19pm

    I thought Acts was pretty clear of the fact that when the disciples were speaking “in tongues” they were speaking and everyone in the crowd was hearing it in their own native language (tongue), not gibberish… I mean even the guys listening started asking how the Galileans could speak in a way that each of them could understand simultaneously.

    I guess it’s only unclear to those who want to make it unclear.

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    • searching for the Truth
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:32pm

      Yes, also tongues of Angels. Would you share?

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    • searching for the Truth
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:43pm

      One is filled with sin coming to Jesus – it’s a long road to ” Perfection.” One generally starts at Acts 2:38.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:54pm

      Actually it is not at all clear that the phenomenon of Pentecost is the same as the gift of tongues. Paul makes clear in his discussion about it that tongues NEEDS an interpreter. People do not “automatically” understand it. So tongues without interpretation would be gibberish. No one is edified by simply seeing someone speak in tongues. That kind of religion is pure bunk at best, demonic deception at worst.

      But I sincerely doubt that this woman was using a spiritual gift.Tongues is the easiest gift to fake without even knowing it. I stopped trying to speak in tongues when I realized I was controlling it. Some people never question their own spiritual discernment and assume whatever comes out of their mouths must be divine. Satan loves religious leaders like that.

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    • Grace1798
      Posted on September 3, 2011 at 9:07am

      Absolutely true. Problem is, very few have read the Bible from beginning to end. This is why you know and I know but those who have not read it fully and through the Power of the Holy Spirit are guessing as they go along. They are the type that take Scripture out of context to suit their present need, desires or plans. Best to really KNOW what GOD and JESUS had to say (NOT MAN) and WHY.

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:18pm

    Speaking in tongues is not a ” Practice .” Research Truth. Not hearsay. You may if you like locate a book called, ” The Winds of God,” by Ethel E. Goss. And, if one cares to read the Bible, The New Testament – King James. The event testified by the Prophet Joel and confirmed by the Apostles is also validated by the secular world, if one cares to research old newspapers recorded in the book, ” The Winds of God.“ ” Buy The Truth And Sell It Not.”

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    • searching for the Truth
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:29pm

      For this reason, Jesus would not reveal His Identity.

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    • searching for the Truth
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:54pm

      It’s just like the Baptist, Mennonites, Mormons, Catholics, etc., all arrive at different relationship with God. To each his own. It’s he who obeys the ” Good Book,” not the way the World says it to be ,that will be a part of the ” Bride.”

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    • snooop1e
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:01pm

      There is only 1 KING and His name is not JAMES, it’s JESUS. You really need to study “Queen” James and find out what kind of person he really was. Also, are you aware that the so called “Apochrypha” was in the ORIGINAL 1611 King James version of the Bible? So many people spout “King James” only and no nothing about the history of that so called “Bible” Why do you have the name of a man, a sinner on your Bible? Again, there is but one true KING, Jesus Christ!!!

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    • J4Y
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:26pm

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorized_King_James_Version

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:51pm

      Refuting the foolishness of King James Only arguments with equally foolish rants about James I of England serves very little purpose. The Authorized Version, as it was officially known, is a good translation, though by no means perfect. No translation is.

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    • snooop1e
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:34pm

      I HIGHLY recommend reading 1 Cor 14.

      1 Cor 14:27, explicitly teaches that one should remain quiet and not speak in tongues if there is no interpreter.

      1 Cor 14:32 teaches that the spirits of prophets are under the control of the prophets. Anyone who says that they can’t control themselves when they are “filled with the Holy Spirit” is teaching a false teaching and passing on a tradition of men.

      1 Cor 14:34 also teaches that “women should remain silent in the churches” But most Evangelicals completely ignore these verses and other verses (like James 2:24, John 6:56) that contradict their traditions. They go by the “Bible Alone” until the Bible contradicts what they have been taught by men

      KJV
      1 Cor 14:27-34
      27If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. 28If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and God. 29Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. 30And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. 31For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. 32The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets. 33For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints, 34women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submis

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  • TH30PH1LUS
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:18pm

    people who abuse religion open the door to mockery. neither the abusers nor the mockers are right.

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  • This_Individual
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:17pm

    I do that when I’m at the saloon.

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  • c.rozycki
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:12pm

    hasdkfhdashauiefjkbhpuvnakjr… could someone interpret that please?

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:01pm

      Yea, you just handed out your social security and credit card numbers! Daddy gets a new car this weekend woohoo!

      Report Post » Gonzo  
  • biohazard23
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:11pm

    WTH is on her head??

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:10pm

    NVGDTGVNDNDVVTDG is why!

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:00pm

      lol. I got deleted. lets try this again, slightly skewed, in relation to this story !!!!

      “Who is the irrelevant person, and why in the NGBT would I give a NGNK, what she does or says”?

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  • JRook
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:09pm

    Something I witnessed (pun intended) in college when it seemed every “born again” had an inspired incident of speaking in tongues. Again…what a croc.

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    • RabidPatriot
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:20pm

      My “evil” but funny cousin would fake speaking in tongues in church and like the wave at a football game 2/3 of the congregation would respond and do likewise. They would even copy the fake words he was spewing. I will not say that someone cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues but I will say that I believe that most are just mimicking what they hear just to seem equally holy to the other fakers.

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:25pm

      @RabidPatriot I visited a Pentecostal Church once. Seems that it happens a lot there. Might be your phenomenon.

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  • ZAP
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:06pm

    “At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. . . . For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect – if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time” (Matthew ;24 NIV).

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:08pm

      Not sure of the exact spelling in tongues, but what a Croc…

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  • heyjim55
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:05pm

    I have hurd people talking in tongues but it always gave me the creeps.

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  • preppymom
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:01pm

    Sometimes, there are no words…

    http://www.crackingthecodesite.com/

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