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Woman Fatally Bitten by Snake in Church
breitbart.com ^ | Nov. 8, 2006 | breitbart

Posted on 11/08/2006 5:35:46 AM PST by girlangler

A woman who was bitten by a snake at a church that neighbors say practices serpent handling died of her wounds hours later, a newspaper reported. Linda Long, 48, was bitten Sunday at East London Holiness Church, where neighbors said the reptiles are handled as part of religious services, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Tuesday.

Long died at University of Kentucky Medical Center about four hours after being bitten, authorities told the newspaper.

"She said she was bitten by a snake at her church," said Lt. Ed Sizemore of the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.

Handling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in Kentucky. Snake handling is a misdemeanor and punishable by a $50 to $100 fine.

Police said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.

Snake handling is based on a passage in the Bible that says a sign of a true believer is the power to "take up serpents" without being harmed.

Church officials could not be reached for comment.


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KEYWORDS: bitten; church; death; snake
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1 posted on 11/08/2006 5:35:47 AM PST by girlangler
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They found Madame Speaker in Kentucky?


2 posted on 11/08/2006 5:36:45 AM PST by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: girlangler

I've got faith that a rattlesnake won't bite me if I stay away from it.


3 posted on 11/08/2006 5:37:28 AM PST by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: girlangler

Before the usual jokes start, I read a book on Serpent Handlers, and it was pretty interesting stuff. Not that I was tempted to convert.

I usually just bless them with a .410.


4 posted on 11/08/2006 5:37:29 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: girlangler

Was Denzel anywhere to be seen?


5 posted on 11/08/2006 5:37:51 AM PST by Toby06 (jon carry is a piece of s#it)
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To: girlangler

stupid is as stupid does.


6 posted on 11/08/2006 5:38:03 AM PST by pipecorp ( Al Lahsucks...Islam loves nancy pelosi.)
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To: girlangler

Was a republican, I bet.


7 posted on 11/08/2006 5:38:20 AM PST by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: girlangler
...a sign of a true believer is the power to "take up serpents" without being harmed.

I guess she wasn't.........

8 posted on 11/08/2006 5:39:11 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: girlangler

She went to church with James Carville?


9 posted on 11/08/2006 5:39:12 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I consider them to be "tempting" or "testing" God, and that's a BIG NO-NO!.........


10 posted on 11/08/2006 5:40:37 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: girlangler
Handling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in Kentucky. Snake handling is a misdemeanor and punishable by a $50 to $100 fine.

...or death.
11 posted on 11/08/2006 5:40:55 AM PST by MaryFromMichigan
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To: pipecorp
stupid is was as stupid does did.

12 posted on 11/08/2006 5:40:57 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: girlangler

Not enough faith I suspect (cough)


13 posted on 11/08/2006 5:41:26 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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I consider them to be "tempting" or "testing" God, and that's a BIG NO-NO!.........

I try to stay off the radar screen entirely.

14 posted on 11/08/2006 5:42:11 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: girlangler
"Handling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in Kentucky."

How is this legal? Serpent (or snake) handling is an important part of Christianity, and was written up in the Gospel according to Mark:

41:016:016 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that
believeth not shall be damned.

41:016:017 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name
shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

41:016:018 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly
thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover.

41:016:019 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received
up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

You'd think that the Separation of Church and State would preclude anti-Christian laws.
15 posted on 11/08/2006 5:42:19 AM PST by DBrow
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To: girlangler

she failed the test of faith! stone her to death!


16 posted on 11/08/2006 5:43:22 AM PST by Cinnamon
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Perhaps she should have taken a break from Mark 16:18 and concentrated a little more on Matthew 4:7.
17 posted on 11/08/2006 5:43:26 AM PST by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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Handling reptiles as part of religious services

Riiiiiiiight, I was trying not to chuckle at this but reading that, I can't help it.

Darwin award.

18 posted on 11/08/2006 5:44:05 AM PST by Mrs Ivan (English, and damned proud of it.)
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There's only one place in the Bible that I can think of where God actually says to test him in reference to something............


19 posted on 11/08/2006 5:44:24 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: DBrow
No it isn't.

Less than one thousandth of one percent of self-professed Christians are stupid enough to engage in this silly practice.

20 posted on 11/08/2006 5:45:41 AM PST by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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