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To: Tennessee Nana; ansel12

Well...according to this, though, it is:

Snake handling is a religious ritual in a small number of pentecostal churches in the U.S., usually characterized as rural and Holiness. Practitioners believe it dates to antiquity and quote the Book of Mark and the Book of Luke to support the practice

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_handling


534 posted on 02/22/2008 10:51:21 PM PST by nicmarlo (A vote for McRino is a false mandate for McShamnesty)
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To: nicmarlo; ansel12

Yeah, well

:)


535 posted on 02/22/2008 10:54:29 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: nicmarlo; ansel12

I’m an Indiana Jones

I hate snakes...

:)


536 posted on 02/22/2008 10:55:31 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: nicmarlo; Tennessee Nana

It is probably a small number of churches, in a small region.

For awhile I drove from Olympia, Washington to Portland, Oregon to attend a Pentecostal church, and they sure weren’t doing it.


538 posted on 02/22/2008 10:56:48 PM PST by ansel12 (post-apocalyptic drifter uttered three words, polygamous zombie vampires!)
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