Untwisting the Bible, Part VIII: Slain in the Spirit

Picture this: a coliseum filled with crazy people whipped into a frenzy, arms flailing like windmills in a gale, eyes rolled back as if caught in a trance. The preacher, slick and telegenic, lays a hand on someone’s forehead, mutters a few words, and then—bam! Down they go, "slain in the Spirit," they'll tell you. It's a spectacle, a theater of spiritua…