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In this episode, Sadie teaches us about the dangerous Christian subculture of snake handling and its biblical justification.

FREE TOYS OR GIFT CARDS FOR TOYS! Everyone who signs up to my giveaway with Bellesa Boutique wins something! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/leavingeden-pod In this episode, Sadie teaches us about SNAKE HANDLING! The most INSANE and DANGEROUS Christian subculture. Snake Handling, surprisingly, has actual biblical justification behind it. However it is not widespread due to the extreme danger of handling venomous snakes. Churches that practice snake handling often have members die or suffer serious injury as a result. James Dobson Bastard Kids episode about snake handling https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/168-snake-handlers-w-chelsea-weber-smith/id1573190999?i=1000666119686 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-22-tm-22814-story.html https://archive.org/details/serpenthandlingb00burt/page/29/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/serpenthandlingb00burt/page/48/mode/1up Subscribe to Leaving Eden Podcast on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4q94gAnsoW2jME4SvVrrQ Join our Patreon for extended, uncensored, and ad-free versions of most of our episodes, as well as other patron perks and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Join our Facebook group…

People in this episode

Host: Sadie

Topics covered

• snake handling
• Christian subculture
• dangerous practices
• religion
• spirituality

Sponsors

Bellesa Boutique

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Leaving Eden Podcast, Los Angeles Times

Books & works: James Dobson Bastard Kids, Serpent Handling

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