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trotsky

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

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #47)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 03:22 PM

Feb 2014

and quoted your preferred bible verse at them.

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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