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The reality is, anyone who decries same-sex marriage as aberrant or sinful or evil or whatever, is as informed as a glossolalic twit who would boast of international socio-political expertise merely because they live across a desolate strait from another country.

Steven Weber: Prop 8 = Prop Hate 2008

Suffice to say anyone laboring under the delusion that George Bush, John McCain and every other apologist for their widespread criminality are just misguided is about as aware as a bespectacled, glossolalic, hockey mom, for surely if it were mere incompetence they would have been run out of the country in a Hummer, right?

Steven Weber: It's Revolting 2008

For disbelievers, it might simply mean that other unique circuits, possibly associated with the thalamus, which directed the style and form of glossolalic speech, were being stimulated.

Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

With Sharon, I decided to compare her brain state while she was only singing gospel songs to what took place during the glossolalic state.

Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

In other Christian sects, little emphasis is given to this historic religious event, and thus few of their members have glossolalic experiences.

Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

In fact, only a small percentage of mentally ill people engage in glossolalia, and when they do, their reported hallucinations often have religious content.17 And as several recent studies have concluded, there are beneficial psychotherapeutic effects associated with glossolalic experiences.18

Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

In particular, sensed presences are associated with alterations in temporal lobe and hemispheric activity.29 This may help explain why only half of the members in Pentecostal churches have had glossolalic experiences; the brains of the others may not be built in a way that allows such spiritual experiences.

Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

However, the researchers found that many practitioners engage in a gentler, almost silent glossolalic prayer that is associated with calm, pleasant emotions.

Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

Since the limbic areas regulate emotions, an increase of activity would be expected when a person was immersed in a glossolalic experience.

Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

The following glossolalic passage, spelled out phonetically, was made from that recording the phonetic symbol “?” refers to a guttural sound made in the back of the esophagus:

Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006