Interesting! As an ex-Catholic that kind of independent organization is pretty alien to me, but intriguing.
I've always been a little mystified by the snake-handling thing, though as I understand it picking up snakes without being bitten to prove your holiness is a fairly common religious motif. It just seems a little weird to make such a big thing about it. But again, it's a Catholic thing- we don't even approve of loud singing in our churches, let alone foot-washin', snake-handlin', and shoutin'. (We don't approve of dropping g's, either, unless we are Irish.)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
on 2010-03-02 01:46 am (UTC)I've always been a little mystified by the snake-handling thing, though as I understand it picking up snakes without being bitten to prove your holiness is a fairly common religious motif. It just seems a little weird to make such a big thing about it. But again, it's a Catholic thing- we don't even approve of loud singing in our churches, let alone foot-washin', snake-handlin', and shoutin'. (We don't approve of dropping g's, either, unless we are Irish.)