stackyFACTSEarly revivalists at Azusa Street were utterly convinced their ecstatic gibberish was perfect, fluent Chinese or Swahili, entirely eliminating the need for a Rosetta Stone.
Early revivalists at Azusa Street were utterly convinced their ecstatic gibberish was perfect, fluent Chinese or Swahili, entirely eliminating the need for a Rosetta Stone. They genuinely believed 'glossolalia' was a miraculous shortcut granting them the ability to instantly preach in unlearned foreign tongues overseas. The sobering reality set in only after eager missionaries traveled across the globe and realized the locals had absolutely no idea what they were screaming.
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