If one actually takes the time to study Paul’s unique admonition concerning women and their disruption in Church services, they will be directed to the pagan temple in Delphi adjacent to Corinth in the first Century where a pagan priestess sat atop a throne in the midst of the temple, a burning intoxicant was emitting intoxicating fumes upward to the priestess who provided wisdom and direction to awaiting patrons…these patrons, as the priestess became increasingly intoxicated, often times left the temple more confused than when they entered due the babbling and slurred speech of the intoxicated priestess.

It is believed that the women parishioner’s of the Corinthian Church were somewhat enamored by the attention and notoriety of the Delphi priestess and therefore mimicked her behavior during services in Corinth…this brought much consternation to Paul’s desire that the Church be orderly and absent confusion and that women keep silent, ask their husbands to explain any questions about doctrine; no unorganized outbursts of prophecy or tongues were to be permitted. It is also believed that this mimicking of the intoxicated Delphic priestess is the genesis of the “unknown tongue” which also caused Paul much consternation as per Paul’s letters to the Church at Corinth.