Sentences with phrase «snake handling practices»

And the founder of Appalachian snake - handling, George Went Hensley, introduced snake handling practices to the Tennessee in 1910.

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We never handled snakes, in fact we denounced the practice as «tempting God» and even went so far as to say that those who participated were unsaved (but then we said that about Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, anyone who didn't speak in tongues, etc).

This passage of Scripture (Mark 16:17 - 18) that this Pentecostal preacher and others are basing the practice of «Snake Handling» on is taken OUT OF CONTEXT and MISUNDERSTOOD by them.

For this Beyond the Book, I set out to explore the history of snake - handling and to learn more about the taboo practice still used today in certain churches.

And while some people are afraid of all snakes, basic care and handling practices can eliminate almost all of the risk of having a nonvenomous companion animal snake.

Developing her artistic practice across drawing, film and performance, presents works dealing with the snake handling in Egypt, focusing on the relationship between the practices of the Rifâ» iyya (one of the main Sufi orders in Egypt associated with snake handling) and the aspects of everyday life.