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
Yeah, well
:)
I’m an Indiana Jones
I hate snakes...
:)
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.