Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Interpretation of tongues

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The result was merge to Speaking in tongues. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 04:51, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Interpretation of tongues[edit]

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Stub with claims about the existence of "supernatural" gifts?? this does not meet our standards. Acousmana (talk) 10:59, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 11:00, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to Speaking in tongues. I can't see how this has enough coverage to warrant an article of its own. Spiderone 12:50, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Speaking in tongues. The reliable sources that I've found, such as this (through a university, so probably paywalled) don't really make much of a distinguishment between the speaking and the interpretation of tongues, so this isn't really a valid content fork. Merge it into the main article. Hog Farm _Bacon 13:24, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge I could dig up a talk by Dallin H. Oaks where he spoke about a person having the spiritual blessing to be able to interpret what another was speaking, and I could dig up a few, but most sources will discuss this closely with the speaking in tongues.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:41, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. For the record, this is a real belief in the Catholic, Evangelical, and Anglican traditions. In some churches, it's a big deal; in most it's an embarrassment, like exorcism. To get "received" I had to suffer through a workshop that featured a deacon in my church confessing to having this ability. However, it's not something, based on available sourcese, that gains significant coverage. All that being said, I agree with the proposal by Johnpacklambert to merge this to Glossolalia. Bearian (talk) 21:02, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- While this is viewed as distinct from speaking in tongues, in many cases they are paired as two behaviors done at the same time. Even in cases like Oaks mentioned above, where he sees this as being used by the Holy Spirit to translate a normal language beyond the abilities of ones training, the discourse I am thinking of where he mentions a case of this he was involved in in Bulgaria, he also mentions cases of speaking in tongues as well, so it is not a source that presents this as an independent case, and many sources will only see this occurring in the context of speaking in tongues.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:13, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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