Convince me of Continuationism.

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...and my only connection with cessationism is knowing that there was a ceasing, meaning that all the arguments that insist that they could not cease are moot.
(Sigh) Albion, I've called you on this misleading language numerous times. Your responses deliberately blur the distinction between "a temporary lapse of gifts" (which is still Continuationism) versus an irrevocable lapse (the doctrine of Cessationism).

And the whole position is based on the non-sequitur that a documented temporary lapse IMPLIES a permanent lapse. This "analysis of history" is self-contradictory, because any OT lapse,by that logic, would already have inaugurated Cessationism thereby precluding NT giftings.

The defenders of Continuationism come armed with all sorts of ways around the basic facts, almost admitting in so doing that the reasonable objections of other people simply must be countered, no matter what mental gymnastics are necessary to do that.
Unbelievable. Literally outrageous. The pot is calling the kettle black. Let's be clear that the "basic facts" refers to your non-sequitur "analysis of history" in spite of explicit biblical data to the contrary (such as Paul's command to us at 1Cor 14:1).

Well, can you blame them for that? We have Continuationists and we have Cessationists, and if the tongues or the gifts did cease as history indicates was the case, why would the Cessationists need to go into more elaborate defenses?
Um...er..Does Scripture have any say in this? Or just skewed interpretations of history?

If they ceased, the argument ends there. You cannot continue something that isn't there to be continued.
Non-sequitur. See above.

Well, if that happens, it is not a proof of Continuationism, That much is certain. Would you agree with that?
Not quite so fast. While I agree that MY subjective experience doesn't count as evidence FOR YOU, it does count as evidence FOR ME. That's how Direct Revelation operates. To disparage this dynamic is to repudiate Paul's conversion on the Road to the Damascus - indeed it repudiates the Inward Witness and thus the gospel itself.
 
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Yes you are. You replied to my documenting of my experiences of genuine tongues.

Your testimony about yourself does not constitute documented evidence.

I also note that you didn't even answer the questions I raised about your claims.
 
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I'm not aware of a single documented genuine use of "sign gifts," so I consider that a very dubious statement.
Documentation? Cessationism is an ideological confusion. Its proponents are the same people who claim to be members of the Sola Scriptura party. Yet:
(1) They contradict Sola Scriptura by founding Cessationism on an analysis of history.
(2) They contradict Sola Scriptura by insisting upon external documentation of miracles. That's like saying, "I won't believe in either Christ's resurrection or the impending eschatological one until I see documentation."

Cessationism's thinly veiled Deism is yet another example of the ideological confusion. Deism regards the world as a mere machine devoid of supernatural involvement. Nothing miraculous. Charismatic theology is precisely the repudiation of that philosophy. The truth is, even sanctification itself is a deviation from Deistic mechanism and, as such, already constitutes miraculous intervention in the human sphere.

At least be consistent. Since you're insisting that God has largely abandoned miraculous intervention, be equally insistent that He has largely abandoned sanctification as well.
 
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Not that I saw. Who were your independent witnesses?
Are you likely to know them then? For my incident, I have no idea who the person speaking the tongues was, I'd never met her before and I probably saw her a couple of times more over the week and after that, I have no idea. The guy interpreting the tongues Yinka Oyekan (you can find a few of his books on Amazon).

This has not been documented, as far as I am aware, except by me. I got the impression that for Yinka it was a fairly common occurrence, but it wasn't for me, becoming a Christian that very week.

The other incident was recorded by Dr. David Petts in one of his books (Body Builders, I think but could be The Holy Spirit, an Introduction - also available on Amazon).

Other incidents I doubt have been recorded - why would they be? We weren't out to prove something, we were just being guided by the Holy Spirit.
 
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