“..Definitely better than introducing snakes at some point during the service....”
LOL...for sure!!!!
I’d be gone in a NY second....LOL
BTW, years ago when we lived in a small town in Mississippi, my wife and I went to visit a friend’s church one Sunday evening. Neither of us had ever been there before, and the directions were somewhat vague taking us out on a back country road. We were also running pretty late. We pulled into an almost full parking lot and hurriedly went on in. They were in the middle of praise/worship and were handling rattlesnakes!!!!! I couldn’t believe it. We stayed way in the back next to the door and just amazingly watched for about 30 seconds before we looked at each other, didn’t say a word to each other, but we both literally ran out the door at the same time....wrong church. The quaint little Baptist church we were to visit was another 1/4 mile down the road....LOL
That’s a funny story. I could see it happening here in TN, and I’ve heard that it does sometimes in the VERY rural areas.
You said:
“30 seconds before we looked at each other, didn’t say a word to each other, but we both literally ran out the door at the same time”
That’s what my sister and I do when we’re scouting for a new church for our families. But it doesn’t take snakes. All it takes is an insipid Contemporary “Christian” song and/or an ultra-rowdy Amen Corner. (When you hear “boy howdy” being shouted, it’s time to leave.)