Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism is a movement or category of Christian churches which has its roots in 19th century hyper-spiritual practices such as being 'Born Again' or Baptized in the Holy Spirit, prophecy, the laying on of hands, dreams and visions, etc. All of these supposed miracles were really the product of subjective experiences encountered by people in a suggestive state of mind.

Several immediate problems with Pentecostalism being from God is that, first off, Pentecostalism has spread beyond the dogmatic confines of anyone's definition of Christianity. Gifts of the Spirit have been reported among a vast category of churches, many with wildly different sets of teachings or 'truth.'

In extreme cases, behavior identical to Christian Pentecostalism have even been encountered in non-Christian religions!

Links

http://ex-pentecostals.org/criticisms.htm

https://infidels.org/library/modern/joe_nickell/miracles.html