Most of our participants in the USA are probably aware that some small American religious sects, mostly in the rural Southeast, handle poisonous snakes as part of their worship activities. Those overseas may not be aware of it. This article describes how a leader of one such group was caught with illegal poisonous snakes, including one PUFF ADDER!!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/13/sna ... index.html
The stock photo accompanying the article looks like I could've taken it (but I didn't, alas!).
Snakes in a church!
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Snakes in a church!
Mike Broderick
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin
These people get that from the last chapter of Mark in the gospels. However I sorely think that this is being misinterpreted. The news program "Dateline," had a segment on this type of thing also, which showed a man bit on the cheek (the one on his face that is ) while handling a very large rattler during church services. He immediately died there on camera!