The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in Swann v. Peck that this practice can legally be prohibited. The passage suggesting this practice, which first swept the Grasshopper Valley, goes on to say that "when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them," and some of the people who do this also purposely ingest strychnine. This practice is common in the Oneness Pentacostalism denomination and the Church of God With Signs Following, and was popularized by George Went Hensley, who read in Mark 16:18 that "they will pick up" a certain animal "with their hands." For 10 points, name this backwoods Chr
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in Swann v. Peck that this practice can legally be prohibited. The passage suggesting this practice, which first swept the Grasshopper Valley, goes on to say that "when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them," and some of the people who do this also purposely ingest strychnine. This practice is common in the Oneness Pentacostalism denomination and the Church of God With Signs Following, and was popularized by George Went Hensley, who read in Mark 16:18 that "they will pick up" a certain animal "with their hands." For 10 points, name this backwoods Christian practice that often results in dangerous bites.
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in Swann v. Peck that this practice can legally be prohibited.
snake handling