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I propose merging Snake handling in religion into Snake handling in Christianity. Most of the material in the Snake handling in religion page is about Christianity, including the separate sentence on the Ophites which were a Christian sect. That could easily be folded in. As for the one sentence on Hopi snake-handling rituals, that could easily be folded into the kachina article. Snake Handling in Christianity is a far superior article to Snake Handling in Religion, which really only adds two sentences of value. DynaGuy00 ( talk) 03:14, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Merger complete. DynaGuy00 ( talk) 00:17, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Snake handling in religion and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 December 8 § Snake handling in religion until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. – LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄) 19:29, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
Whilst the article is reassuring on the safety of observers and, in most cases, the fondlers; nowhere does it mention this is gross cruelty to animals, nor of any prosecutions for such by the multifarious governments in the United States.
Extra: on the previous Talk Page, there was a suggestion referenced to the reputable History Channel that the practice was brought over by Calvinists from Europe.
Now my opinion of Calvinism is unprintable, but apart from it's inherent unlikelihood --- Pressies are just not that sort of people --- one would have to produce evidence of the practice being used in Europe during the Renaissance and later, for it to be then exported by loons.
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Snake handling in Christianity is a rite performed in several churches in the United States. Originating in rural Appalachia, the first instance of snake handling was seen about 1910. Pentecostal minister George Went Hensley was prominent in the early development of the rite. Practitioners commonly quote the gospels of Luke and Mark to support the practice. Practitioners are also encouraged to lay hands on the sick, speak in tongues, and occasionally drink poisons. This photograph, taken by the American photographer Russell Lee in 1946, depicts snake handling at the Church of God with Signs Following, a Pentecostal church in Lejunior, Kentucky. Photograph credit: Russell Lee; restored by Adam Cuerden
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I propose merging Snake handling in religion into Snake handling in Christianity. Most of the material in the Snake handling in religion page is about Christianity, including the separate sentence on the Ophites which were a Christian sect. That could easily be folded in. As for the one sentence on Hopi snake-handling rituals, that could easily be folded into the kachina article. Snake Handling in Christianity is a far superior article to Snake Handling in Religion, which really only adds two sentences of value. DynaGuy00 ( talk) 03:14, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Merger complete. DynaGuy00 ( talk) 00:17, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Snake handling in religion and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 December 8 § Snake handling in religion until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. – LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄) 19:29, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
Whilst the article is reassuring on the safety of observers and, in most cases, the fondlers; nowhere does it mention this is gross cruelty to animals, nor of any prosecutions for such by the multifarious governments in the United States.
Extra: on the previous Talk Page, there was a suggestion referenced to the reputable History Channel that the practice was brought over by Calvinists from Europe.
Now my opinion of Calvinism is unprintable, but apart from it's inherent unlikelihood --- Pressies are just not that sort of people --- one would have to produce evidence of the practice being used in Europe during the Renaissance and later, for it to be then exported by loons.
Claverhouse ( talk) 02:58, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
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Snake handling in Christianity is a rite performed in several churches in the United States. Originating in rural Appalachia, the first instance of snake handling was seen about 1910. Pentecostal minister George Went Hensley was prominent in the early development of the rite. Practitioners commonly quote the gospels of Luke and Mark to support the practice. Practitioners are also encouraged to lay hands on the sick, speak in tongues, and occasionally drink poisons. This photograph, taken by the American photographer Russell Lee in 1946, depicts snake handling at the Church of God with Signs Following, a Pentecostal church in Lejunior, Kentucky. Photograph credit: Russell Lee; restored by Adam Cuerden
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