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cthulu2016

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2. They way they explain this is amusing

Reply to hifiguy (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2012, 10:05 AM

May 2012

The Bible says that followers of Christ shall take up serpents, and shall drink poison and not be harmed.

When someone inconveniently dies of snake-bite the snake handlers say that "shall not be harmed" refers only to the drinking poison part.

The taking up serpents is just something you ought to do, though you may be harmed.

(The snake handlers also drink highly diluted poison, BTW)

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Snake-handling nincompoop comes to predictable end [View all] hifiguy May 2012 OP

"full of folks speaking in tongues, handling snakes & having a great time" - The GOP Convention! FSogol May 2012 #1

Apparently he wasn't really a parselmouth longship May 2012 #7

Oh, ba-zing for the parselmouth reference! hifiguy May 2012 #8

And 10 points to Griffendor! rusty fender May 2012 #19

They way they explain this is amusing cthulu2016 May 2012 #2

Always trust in God, but DON'T DO STUPID SHIT! rustydog May 2012 #3

A subtle smile rather than outright laughter is more appropriate here. GodlessBiker May 2012 #4

I can't help it either cali May 2012 #5

He should have known by then not to stick his pinky where it doesn't belong! HopeHoops May 2012 #6

Idiot. Arkana May 2012 #9

hmmm...Darwin Award nomination? Sancho May 2012 #10

Is there someplace that says the serpent has to be a poison one? RC May 2012 #11

stupid or smitten? pansypoo53219 May 2012 #12

You beat me to it. Here's a link from a West Virginia newspaper. mahatmakanejeeves May 2012 #13

"And the Lord called him home ..." Bake May 2012 #14

The f**kin idiots did NOT...NOT take him immediately to the hospital because of a verse they take of uponit7771 May 2012 #15

His father did the exact same thing... Wind Dancer May 2012 #16

Was his real name Moe Szyslak? mikeytherat May 2012 #17

I watched a video of a church going snake-handler who was bitten... cynatnite May 2012 #18

Must have gotten hold of a bad snake? Hubert Flottz May 2012 #20

Darwin strikes malaise May 2012 #21

Hmmm. Once again we see mocking of deeply held Christian beliefs is sometimes ok. dmallind May 2012 #22

More a case of deeply held stupidity. hobbit709 May 2012 #23

So...not much different then dmallind May 2012 #24

absolutely nothing frylock May 2012 #25

Meanwhile, the snake has asked for yet another dose of mouthwash. Scuba May 2012 #26