Snake Handling Easter Service in WSJ
 

This year's Easter service at the Tabernacle Church of God in La Follette, Tenn., will include many of the holiday's traditional rituals, like Holy Communion and footwashing. There will also be some startling novelties.

"It will be filled with shouting, dancing, speaking in tongues, serpent handling and fire handling," said its 21-year-old pastor, Andrew Hamblin. "We'll celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ with a good old time."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...LEFTTopStories

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These guys are using Facebook to attract new Snake Handling believers.

"Since he opened its doors last fall, Mr. Hamblin's small Pentecostal church, 39 miles north of Knoxville, has grown to almost 50 members, most of them in their 20s. Part of his strategy for expansion has been to use Facebook to publicize the daredevil spiritual exploits of his congregation."

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Thrillseekers?

:lol

I can think of a thousand other things to do.

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Good grief.

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They believe the words of Jesus. I can't fault them for that.

IMO, the anointing that they are feeling is an adrenaline rush. When I take up a rattler, I'll let you know if it's either/or.

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Well, we can be thankful that the bible has no passages that say "And no fall from a great will harm you!" otherwise we would have apostolic cliff divers jumping onto asphalt parking lots.

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Really wishing these guys weren't called "Pentecostal" and that they weren't from Tennessee!:foottap

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It's not just Tennessee. There's a show on Discovery Channel, "Snake Man of Appalachia," featuring a family in rural eastern Kentucky who practice the same thing. It must be a regional practice.

Very interesting...

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Been to a few snake handling churches but they did not handle any in the services we were in ...good people just misguided....

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I believe that. But then that's true about most people I know - even some non-Christians...