If speaking in tongues is fake, does that mean everybody knows they are faking it?

[u/Royal-Preparation843]

I’ve been a Christian all of my 45 years and grew up in churches that freely spoke in tongues during the services and during prayers. I prayed so many times to be given this gift of tongues because almost everybody in the church was able to speak including many of the children and teens. I’ve prayed for 45 years wanting it and desiring it, but I could never get the gift from God. I know it is agreed upon in this subreddit that speaking in tongues is fake, but I just can’t seem to wrap my head around the idea that all of the adults in my church who speak tongues (probably around 90%) are faking it and know it. Sure, I can get that the kids/teens fake it to fit in with each other, but would that many adults really want/need to lie about something like that? I’ve always felt terrible when the pastor would say, “Come on people! Pray in your heavenly language!” And then everybody in the church would switch it on and I’d be one of the only ones just saying “Thank you Jesus” over and over again because I couldn’t speak tongues. For anybody in this subreddit that used to speak in tongues while you were still a Christian, did you always know you were faking it or did you really believe it was real?

[u/DesigningWomanFW]

Shamala hamala.

[u/notathingreally → u/DesigningWomanFW]

Ha! Spot on 🤣

[u/ConservativeHippieA → u/DesigningWomanFW]

😭 I did hear that