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struggle4progress

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21. ... Coots himself has been bitten nine times, and each time he refused medical attention. The worst

Sun Feb 16, 2014, 06:53 PM

Feb 2014

time, he said, was when a rattlesnake bit his middle finger. Eventually the finger died and broke off his hand. But Coots scoffed at the notion that he is taking the Bible too literally ...

Pentecostal Pastors Argue 'Snake Handling' Is Their Religious Right
Nov. 21, 2013
By JUJU CHANG and SPENCER WILKING

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Kentucky snake handling preacher, reality TV star dead from snake bite [View all] Heddi Feb 2014 OP

I have much more respect for fellows like this than I do for more "moderate" believers... cleanhippie Feb 2014 #1

I don't know this for a fact exboyfil Feb 2014 #32

You think deliberately inflicting okasha Feb 2014 #37

Wrong choice of words exboyfil Feb 2014 #38

You can't buy rattlers at a pet store. okasha Feb 2014 #63

That's why, in the recent DU poll... Iggo Feb 2014 #41

I'm not impressed, frankly Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #44

:( shenmue Feb 2014 #2

And there's the problem. You read the bible one way. He reads it another Heddi Feb 2014 #3

I'm going to suggest that the dead pastor, was wrong. JoePhilly Feb 2014 #4

He was just going by what the bible said Heddi Feb 2014 #5

Exactly right! Who are we to judge other's beliefs? Beachwood Feb 2014 #7

Yes. We should shun hospitals and doctors Heddi Feb 2014 #8

Yes, no more people of "faith" who are "wussified" Beachwood Feb 2014 #13

Who am I to judge his idiot beliefs? Iggo Feb 2014 #23

What are we to say to people who are bitten but don't die? stopbush Feb 2014 #15

He wasn't hit by a drunk driver. JoePhilly Feb 2014 #22

It means pretty much whatever the hell anyone wants it to mean. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #42

That works for me. I am not picking up a snake. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #43

Wise man. okasha Feb 2014 #64

My condolences to his family. rug Feb 2014 #6

+ struggle4progress Feb 2014 #18

it's gods will nt msongs Feb 2014 #9

Dare I suggest that SheilaT Feb 2014 #10

These are his deeply held beliefs Heddi Feb 2014 #11

And his deeply held beliefs led him to SheilaT Feb 2014 #12

Of course we can judge. The man engaged in idiotic behavior, resulting in his death. stopbush Feb 2014 #14

"Maybe God had other plans for him" cvoogt Feb 2014 #28

The moral from this lesson: COLGATE4 Feb 2014 #16

LOL BlueStreak Feb 2014 #30

So did I. Like waxing the weasel. COLGATE4 Feb 2014 #35

"who believed that snake bites will not hurt believers, according to CNN." Beachwood Feb 2014 #17

... Coots himself has been bitten nine times, and each time he refused medical attention. The worst struggle4progress Feb 2014 #21

I prefer Luke 4 verse 12. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #36

This news proves the old adage: Beachwood Feb 2014 #19

Snake-handling "Christianity" is a cult that appeared in the Bible Belt only about a century ago struggle4progress Feb 2014 #20

Luke 4 verse 12. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #24

Mark 16:17-18 Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #25

The original text, of course, ended at 16:8, with everyone very afraid struggle4progress Feb 2014 #31

Again, not seeing a problem here. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #33

Good scholarship is possible on such questions without taking any theological stance whatsoever struggle4progress Feb 2014 #56

I'm very familiar with all of this... Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #57

Amazing, isn't it, how many posters believe okasha Feb 2014 #65

Oh, do go on. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #68

Your statement would be correct with one word substitution. trotsky Feb 2014 #69

Well I think I will skip the snake thing. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #34

That's probably a good idea, all things considered Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #39

I think most Christians would go with the verse I quoted. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #40

Which does nothing to address the futility of quoting scripture to stop this stuff. n/t trotsky Feb 2014 #46

Futility? How so? hrmjustin Feb 2014 #47

Tell me what you think the result would be if you went to a serpent-handling church... trotsky Feb 2014 #48

We might get in an argument or a discussion. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #49

Uh huh. trotsky Feb 2014 #50

I would not go with the intent of changing their minds but I doubt I would change their view. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #51

Exactly. n/t trotsky Feb 2014 #52

Point taken. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #53

Exactly. okasha Feb 2014 #26

Poor guy. bravenak Feb 2014 #27

I can't decide if this is evidence that there really is a god or evidence for evolution BlueStreak Feb 2014 #29

Sure looks like parts of Christianity are wrong; even fatal Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #45

It doesn't seem ever to have been considered anywhere as a doctrine, struggle4progress Feb 2014 #58

the practice goes back to at least the 2nd century. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #59

That's an interesting claim. What supports it? struggle4progress Feb 2014 #60

the google. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #61

gaggle googles goggle giggles struggle4progress Feb 2014 #62

Obviously your google foo is weak. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #67

That seems exceedingly weak evidence for your claim that Appalachian snake handling struggle4progress Feb 2014 #71

There is no indication okasha Feb 2014 #72

Christianity in general has huge problems; snake-handling is just the tip of the iceberg Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #66

That's too much of a mish-mash to discuss productively struggle4progress Feb 2014 #70

Problems with snake-handling, lead to the larger picture - of bigger problems in Christianity Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #76

Wrong on several counts. okasha Feb 2014 #73

AARON, Moses' companion, handled actual snakes Ex. 7; Moses only handles a bronze one? Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #75

Continued. okasha Feb 2014 #74

1) Note the larger pattern: lots of religions handle/use snakes; including Judeo-Christianity Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #77

Juanita Jean could not resist a "I told you so" Gothmog Feb 2014 #54

A blunt example... MellowDem Feb 2014 #55