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celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 19 Mar

People like anthropologist, Sabina Magliocco have been trying to figure out where this idiom originated. She thinks it may have started as a way of children teasing shy ones. "Did the cat steal your tongue?" "Is that why you...

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Why Do Giraffes Have Purple Tongues?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 19 Jan 25

Giraffe's tongues are 50cm-long(almost twenty inches). Have you ever been licked by one? If so you'll notice their tongues are purple, bluish, or almost black in color. This is because they have very dark melanin color pigments....

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We got our tongues purple!!!

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 10 May 21

Hi guys, Hope you all are doing good. I am doing good too. Yesterday me and my bro had enjoyed eating kala jamuns. It's a fruit. It's circular in shape and is purple. When one eats it, the...

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A bit more about tongues

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382326) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Jul 19

One of my last posts was about the different tongues that animals can have. Here is Part 2. The tongue of a 60 ton blue whale weighs three tons. The right whale uses its tongue like a scoop.The fastest tongue in the west (and...

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A tongue is not always what you think it might be

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382326) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Jul 19

Have you ever been told to ‘hold your tongue’? And have you ever thought how the tongues of different animal species differ? Cats and dogs have different tongues but there are also other types of tongues. Prehensile tongues are...

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Daily Bible Study

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 28 Mar 19

Day 15 1 Corinthians 14 1 Corinthians 14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. 2 For he who speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not unto men, but unto God: for no man understands...

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Daily Bible Study

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 14 Jan 19

Day 3 Acts 2 Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they...

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Speaking In Tongues According to The Protestant Faith the Biblical Typology

badfish @badfish (208) • United States 3 Dec 09

I found this very interesting and want to share to see what everyone thinks. In the New Testament the meaning of the Old testament becomes clear. The method used to connect the two "Testaments" is commonly called "typology"....

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Speaking In Tongues

dicsyen @dicsyen (54) • Malaysia 18 May 09

Should Christians today speak in tongues or not? Some churches teach their members not to speak in tonques. Some say only elders of the church can speak in tongues. Some churches do speak in tongues. It's kind of confusing as a...

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Speaking in tongues!

Citychic @Citychic (4067) • United States 1 May 09

Do you speak in tongues? If so have you ever wondered what you were saying or asked God to give you a revelation? Please share.

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THE POWER OF OUR TONGUES..watch what you say...

DancingRedFeather1 @DancingRedFeather1 (1037) • Canada 10 Mar 09

I get a Mountain Wings Moment in the mail every day about true things happening in people's lives and this morning was about a man asking his son to go get him some ice water in the fridge and the son came back and...

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Speaking In Tongues? God or sth else?

wellinformed @wellinformed (72) • China 3 Mar 09

I am a person with a lotta rage so one time me and my mother were having a discussion. I said that it would be alot better in life if God would just tell me what to do and show himself. And I was yelling that and mocking mom. And...

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Do you believe the church's that think "speaking in tongues" is a sign?

jiffythorn @jiffythorn (282) • United States 6 Aug 08

I do not believe in this being anything Holy... I can backup this using the "Bible" story book.. Rom. 8; Eph. 5; Jude 20 Acts 2:2; Revelation 5:9 Look for yourself. What about you? please backup your believes with...

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the holy ghost

jiffys_frog_woman @jiffys_frog_woman (4050) • United States 25 Feb 08

Do you believe in the holy spirit or the holy ghost? Do you believe in speaking in tongues?

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How many piercings do you have? Where are they?

tazpromote @tazpromote (965) • United States 13 Dec 07

I have a total of 7 piercings. I've got 3 holes in each ear and my tongue is pierced as well. Where are your piercings?

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Speaking in tongues: Do you think it's werid?!?!?

nessadrake @nessadrake (2) 10 Jul 07

I am a Christian and I gave my life to the Lord when I was 7 years old. I also recieved the baptism of the Holy Spirt (Ghost) and I began to speak in tongues. Alot of people at my church or other churches that we fellowship with...

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'Untaming Tongues'

add_im @add_im (2712) • Philippines 19 Jun 07

As a normal human being and as an individual, do you find that 'Cussing' or speaking 'Trash' in one's mouth is just not a very big deal to majority of the people out there, do you find it truly just a normal thing that comes out...

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A stone in the mouth

Hazel Funcion @Zelmarq (12607) • Cebu City, Philippines 27 May 07

A fool's mouth is his undoing, and his lips are a snare to his soul. Proverbs 18:7 We would cringe at the thought of a mouth full of gravel. But a stone in the mouth can actually be desirable - at least seems be true for...

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Charismatic Renewal?

dickkell @dickkell (403) • United States 3 Apr 07

Are there any Charismatic Catholics on mylot? Is anyone familiar with this particular movement?

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Spiritual gifts of tongues....

lena2000 @lena2000 (2392) • Belgium 30 Mar 07

This discussion is for those who believe that the Spiritual gifts of tongues, knowledge and prophecy are still in operation today. The specific area for discussion is how the gift of prophecy intersects with the written...

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