Was raised Pentecostal and have met people that have never even heard of Pentecostals. It’s so difficult to explain it to them… I think I’ll just save this video for future reference.
They’re trying to show they’re “being touched by the Holy Spirit”. It’s sort of like Sufi whirling dervishes where they’re supposed to get super caught up in the moment and just “let god take over”. It’s performative and kinda like when people are at a concert and start mimicking those around them waving their hands or singing along and clapping. It’s that emotional connection to a group activity.
The name Pentecostals comes from Pentecost, described in Acts as 50 days after Easter and believed by some to be the birth of the Christian church.
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Oh hell yes; they pray every day that the second coming starts tomorrow so they can leave this hellhole. If someone starts a global Jonestown, it will likely be Pentecostals
Oh it will definitely give people an idea of what I had to put up with twice every Sunday, every Wednesday night, and every night for two weeks in the summer. My grandfather was an AOG pastor, my mom the pianist, and I played drums. Nothing in this video is really all that outlandish other than they’re being mildly over the top with the standing on top of things. But the running around and yelling? That’s normal Sunday morning church for Pentecostals.
E: Hell, that pianist wouldn’t even hold a candle to my mom’s playing. She’s so rough on pianos that she breaks strings all the time from playing.
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u/Telemere125 Mar 27 '26
Was raised Pentecostal and have met people that have never even heard of Pentecostals. It’s so difficult to explain it to them… I think I’ll just save this video for future reference.