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Back in 1998 I was involved with a Usenet dispute with a Biblical Creationist who called himself Gabriel. During our disputation a Welsh speaker posted something and I added a reply in Welsh. Gabriel objected to this, so I wrote:

Welsh is, of course, the tongue of angels that Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians 13. Indeed it was the original language spoken in the garden of Eden. Being the language of heaven you all will have to learn it one day.

Gabriel, who had a strong bent towards literalism of every kind, replied:

Could you perhaps back that up with some facts/evidence?

So I replied as follows:

But of course. 1 Corinthians 13:1 Paul wrote “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels…” Now we see that angels clearly spoke in tongues that can be managed by the spiritual man (remember Paul has said “now concerning spirituals, I would not have you ignorant”. Paul never says he addresses spiritual gifts, he actually refers to the Corinthian spirituals - spiritual men).

Thus the language of angels is intelligible by humans, and can be mastered by those who are especially spiritual. We might surmise that those who are not spiritual cannot manage the language.

Welsh quite clearly fits in this respect. The language cannot be mastered without God’s help. The nation of Wales is clearly filled with spiritual men, as its history shows only too well, and many people have testified that they are brought closer to God by praying and praising in this tongue.

Some people claim to be especially gifted with this tongue, so that they are able to speak it, even from very early childhood. Many people have confessed that the language goes far beyond their human comprehension.

Also we see features of the Welsh language that point beyond any human design. What human would ever have thought of the concept of mutations in a language? What other human language conjugates its prepositions? Clearly the complexity of the language points to a designer, a creator, and beyond any human invention.

To consider the complexities of the language, consider the words man, ban and fan. Because of the system of mutations, each of these words, when following the definite article become “y fan” (i.e. they are all the same!) Surely the gift of interpretation is needed to understand such a language.

• But we need not rest our case there, because we have noted this is the language of Eden. How do we know?

Genesis 6:4 says:

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days - and also afterward - when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown

Now who were these heroes of old? well we can point to the likes of King Arthur, Myrddin (Merlin), Taliesin and Gwydion among others. These were clearly some of the greatest heroes of old (for who has not heard of Arthur?) but even so, they were merely Welsh types of much older heroes. The Welsh are, of course, a Celtic nation (pronounced Keltic), they are the heroes of the ancient world. Europe’s first empire was built from this warrior people, and the heroes of old are remembered even today.

Who were the sons of God? well it is certainly a traditional understanding that these were angels.

And yes, of course Adam spoke the tongues of Angels, because how else would he understand the instructions of the angel over the gates of Eden to stay out? When God spoke with Adam this was no doubt the language he used.