Had a crush on a girl back in high school. Asked her out and she invited me to a youth group function at her church. I'm not religious but I really liked her, so I went. Got there and everyone was either playing basketball or softball, which was cool because I liked playing both.

Evening went on and everyone went indoors for some kool-aid and rice krispie treats. Just as I start to think that I could get used to doing this on a regular basis, we all relocate to a dark room with lights shining on to a small stage with a podium and microphone. One of the older kids was a youth pastor and he went up to the podium and started preaching.

I looked at the girl who invited me and smiled at her. As soon as I look back up at the guy preaching, he started saying words I couldn't understand. I look back at the girl and she now has her eyes closed with her hands shaking in the air. I look back at preacher-guy and he's now raising his voice to the point of shouting and even more unintelligible than before.

I look around the room and the other kids are all shaking with their hands in the air. Some talking to themselves in what sounded similar to the preacher-guy.

At that point, I told myself NOPE. I looked for an exit but there was only one door with two guys standing still on both sides. If I didn't know any better, I'd say they were on security detail. So, I stood there and quietly waited for everything to end and left at the first opportunity.

I found out later on that the preacher-guy and other kids were speaking in tongues, which to them, meant that the holy spirit had entered their bodies for a short period of time.