Speaking in Tongues

[Fragony]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBvb...eature=related

That's just child-abuse

[Louis VI the Fat]

That's just child-abuse

Actually, I think it is indeed. I don't think children ought to be subjected to spiritual exaltation and ecstasy rituals anymore than they should partake in drugs or alcohol induced ecstasy rituals.

As for speaking in tongues - I'm sure the persons involved are genuine in their emotion. But it's no more real or meaningful than those pink elephants I saw performing a Tchaikowsky ballet around my alcohol-imbided head last Saturday night.
That's not to say these rituals don't serve a purpose. From tribal extasy rituals - aided by drugs or not - to western drugs and booze parties, they serve as a great pressure valve and communal rite.