User:Skollur

Today is 16 July 2024

This user is a skeptic.

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This user believes in the separation of church and state.

This user is skeptical of the Zodiac.

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I am from India. Hailing from a small hamlet, Kollur, Karnataka, I am interested in skepticism, science, religion (especially Budhism), mysticism, etc.

Apart from English, Kannada and Tulu, which is my mother tongue, I also have a working knowledge of Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi.

I find Wikipedia a great data base giving information which no other encyclopedia would give.

I do my bit when somebody tries to mutilate (not edit) an article by, for instance, deleting whole paragraphs or links just because he/she does not like it.

Articles/Stubs Contributed By Me

Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations Kollur Mookambika Narendra Nayak Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association Atheist Center Mohsin Kakorvi

Tarksheel Society Khwaja Bande Nawaz Claude Alvares Third world network Third World Resurgence Medical Council of India Chhota Imambara

Ashwini Nachappa Sharavati Science and Rationalists’ Association of India Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham Goa Science Forum NAM News Network Hyderabad Rationalist Forum Fatima Bano

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Picture of the day

Snake handling in Christianity is a rite performed in several churches in the United States. Originating in rural Appalachia, the first instance of snake handling was seen about 1910. Pentecostal minister George Went Hensley was prominent in the early development of the rite. Practitioners commonly quote the gospels of Luke and Mark to support the practice. Practitioners are also encouraged to lay hands on the sick, speak in tongues, and occasionally drink poisons. This photograph, taken by the American photographer Russell Lee in 1946, depicts snake handling at the Church of God with Signs Following, a Pentecostal church in Lejunior, Kentucky.Photograph credit: Russell Lee; restored by Adam Cuerden