Bible Question: somone told me that tongues are nolonger for today.The tongues that was heard in the upper room was the true gift,and the other tongue was practiced omong the pagons. they (pagans) were talking to there gods. does anyone have any bible proof the the other tongues was used among the heathens? |
Bible Answer: ‘Glossolalia in other religions ‘Aside from Christians, certain religious groups also have been observed to practice some form of theopneustic glossolalia. ‘Glossolalia (“speaking in tongues”) is evident in the renowned ancient Oracle of Delphi, whereby a priestess of the god Apollo (called a sibyl) speaks in strange utterances, supposedly through the spirit of Apollo in her, but possibly related to high levels of natural gas present in spring waters beneath the temple. ‘Certain Gnostic magical texts from the Roman period have written on them nonsense syllables like "t t t t t t t t n n n n n n n n n d d d d d d d..." etc. It is believed that these may be transliterations of the sorts of sounds made during glossolalia. The Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians also features a hymn of (mostly) nonsense syllables which is thought to be an early example of Christian glossolalia. ‘In the 19th century, Spiritism was developed into a religion of its own thanks to the work of Allan Kardec and the phenomenon was seen as one of the self-evident manifestations of Spirits. Spiritists argued that some cases were actually cases of Xenoglossia (when one speaks in a language unknown to him). However, the importance attributed to it, as well as its frequency, has since decreased significantly. Present-day spiritists regard the phenomenon pointless, as it does not convey any intelligible message to those present. ‘Glossolalia has also been observed in shamanism and the Voodoo religion of Haiti; it can often be brought on by the ingestion of hallucinogenic drugs or entheogens such as Psilocybe mushrooms.’ (Source: See the article Glossolalia at http://en.wikipedia.org) |