Cody Coots said he was aware of only a handful of snake-handling churches these days. He handles snakes and preaches, and said he wanted to carry on his father's legacy.

http://www.kentucky.com/2014/02/16/3092 ... dling.html

Oh well, so much for my hope for the son. He drove his stricken father home instead of the hospital.

If only ideas could be killed as permanently as the people who die from them.

Careful now I feel ya, but if that were possible, The Church would have succeeded in eradicating gnosticism, wicca, and lord knows how many other heresies (all while assiduously cultivating science of course).