Serpent handlers, like other Christians, have chosen something to emphasize. Over the course of two thousand years, others have chosen the precise nature and identity of Christ, the proper understanding and practice of the Eucharist, the correct way to baptize, the proper way to organize a church, which day of the week to call the Sabbath, and any number of other things as the sine qua non of being a true Christian, and in each case some other Christians have regarded that defining center of faith as ‘adiaphora’ — something indifferent.

Mack Wolford + Kate—Seth Perry, excerpted from his commentary “Adiaphora and the Dark Extremes of an Eccentric Faith”

How do we respect the depth of a Christian snake handler’s faith — and talk about it without caricaturing or lauding his life?

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