"I rather imagine that the two-backed beast is just as sweaty and comical when the act is performed in the service of a god as it is under any other circumstances.  As for those snake dances, have you ever seen a Shaker service?  No, of course not and neither have I; any church that is against sexual intercourse (as they were) doesn't last long.  But dancing to the glory of God has a long and respected history.  It doesn't have to be good dancing - according to eye-witness reports the Shakers could never have made the Bolshoi Ballet - it merely has to be enthusiastic.  Do you consider the Rain Dances of our Southwest Indians irreverent?"