Why Did Greek Idol Worshippers Speak In Pentecostal Tongues?

The answer to this riddle is found in the common, Pentecostal-like, unintelligible speech of six pagan samplings; these include ancient Greek idol worshipers, Shamans, Eastern religion, Mormons, Catholics and Peoples Temple cult.

Greek Idol Worshipers and Tongues

Greek idol worshippers practiced exhibitions similar to glossolalia as they prayed to the Zeus god and others. Here they could be seen falling into trance, ecstasy, or shaking, and even “foaming at the mouth like the demon-possessed of olden times.” 24

Greek idol worshippers speak in Pentecostal tongues? HHmmmm...!

Shamans, Witch doctors and Tongues

A number of shamans practice glossolalia, as do members of the PC Movement. Shamans’ envoke the spirits with a “secret language” which

The shaitan uses the kahin’s tongue to speak, which, on occasion, is unintelligible and resembles glossolalia in that respect.27

The nomadic Chepangs of Nepal practice possession by a Masta god – which speaks through the shaman’s mouth and recites the Vedas, even though the shaman has never learned such.28

The Armenian medicine man has given us incoherent babblings.29

Shamans speak in Pentecostal tongues? HHmmmm...!

Eastern Religion and

During that time period the speaking in tongues phenomena among Mormons was a church-wide event. After Smith performed glossolalia in an 1833 conference “the Lord poured out His Spirit in a miraculous manner, until all the Elders spake in tongues...” 32 Smith, prayed an 1836 dedicatory prayer at Kirtland Temple’s dedication and summoned God to send another Day of Pentecost that the “gift of tongues be poured out upon thy people, even cloven tongues as of fire, and the interpretation thereof.” 33 Sounds straight from the Pentecostal Playbook – in fact there was no difference, right down to the fact that Smith not only spoke in tongues, but that Damballah worked mightly in him and his 30 +