tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250954.post7369196026762253933..comments2024-03-12T02:18:53.121-07:00Comments on Molly'sBlog: mollymewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10608757779720671118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250954.post-17313537371556411882007-04-01T16:29:00.000-07:002007-04-01T16:29:00.000-07:00Not Exactly, I chose the 'Shakers' for "litera...Not Exactly,<BR/> I chose the 'Shakers' for "literary effect" to contrast with the skaking of homeopathic "medicines". The "snake handlers" that you mention are still a much more ongoing cult in "backwoods America" than the Shakers, but from pure literary effect "shaking" is more applicable than drinking distilled water and calling it medicine. This stuff is NOT "poison"; it's merely water- with magic attached to it and 10,000 times the price(at least).<BR/> The Wikipedia site has an article on the Shakers, and apparently their last colony was alive enough in 2005 to sign a legal contract with the state of Maine and several conservation groups to set up a trust that gives their property over to the state for "conservation purposes", allowing the final Shakers to live out their old age on the property without fear of eviction. In the intervening two years the final Shakers may indeed have expired. If they have you should correct the Wikipedia site. <BR/> The history of the Shakers is actually quite interesting from what I have dug up. What you say is true, but the interesting parts are elaborated in the Wikipedia article. The point that I came away with for further search is "what is Arminism ?". Sounds like an interesting heresy that I have been ignorant of to this date.<BR/>Mollymollymewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608757779720671118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250954.post-46960585400248474512007-03-30T00:58:00.000-07:002007-03-30T00:58:00.000-07:00I think you are confusing the Shakers with the sna...I think you are confusing the Shakers with the snake poison drinkers. The name shakers were given to a group of puritanical Christian extremists from the 19th century who thought abstinence from sex even in marriage was the way to go. They of course have faded away for obvious reasons. They got their name because it was said that they experienced such extreme emotions from the worship of G-d during prayer that they literally shook. The Snake poison people on the other hand believe that G-d protects them such that they could drink snake venom. Shakers wouldn't even drink alcohol.BEING HADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536564388948517817noreply@blogger.com