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The Turbulent Life of One of America’s Last Snake-Handling Preachers
- th3iedkid 9y ago>So when someone goes down and the police want to know who brought the offending snakes or jar of poison, just shrug and say, “pastor’s privilege.” That, Jamie said, should be enough to get the police to leave you alone. Very interesting to read further .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest%E2%80%93penitent_privilege https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest%E2%80%93penitent_privil...
- ktRolster 9y agoThese churches pop up in the news every now and then, but somehow after a while, they all die out.
- HillaryBriss 9y agogotta hand it to 'em for their literal interpretation
- InTheArena 9y agoA pastor I know put it best: Yes, there are churches that believe in snake-handling. Statistically, those churches are not growing.
- robertlagrant 9y agoFilm idea: a young Indiana Jones and Samuel L Jackson's character from Snakes on a Plane attend a church like this as teenagers. Anyone else got goosebumps?
- azinman2 9y agoMy favorite quote: At one point, a young church member, a mountain of a man who just a few weeks ago preached against the theory of evolution — “I ain’t come from no monkey,” he said — reaches for the jar of strychnine. He takes a sip.
- pjdorrell 9y agohttp://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/120601 http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/120601
- gort 9y agoThe part of the Gospel of Mark that says one can handle snakes is widely regarded as a later addition. Modern Bibles tend to indicate its dubious status by enclosing it in [[brackets]].
- mercer 9y agoNot to mention that if I understand correctly, even within Christian circles Mark is considered the 'lesser' gospel as far as accuracy goes. I might be wrong about that though.
- mant 9y agoThe Serpent King by Jeff Zentner, is a great book on how this effects the lives of kids growing up in that cult.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22752127-the-serpent-king https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22752127-the-serpent-kin...