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To: DBrow
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them;

So why son't they chug Drano instead of bothering the poor snakes?

And it's not an anti-Christian law. It's an anti-stupidity law.

26 posted on 11/08/2006 5:47:57 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Moonman62
And it's not an anti-Christian law. It's an anti-stupidity law.

Word.

29 posted on 11/08/2006 5:50:23 AM PST by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: Moonman62
I remember reading of a sect that drank a solution of some plant extract- I think Strychnos Nux Vomica- as a sacrament. I think the practice is out there.

There surely are very few willing to accept that part of the Gospels, as you can see from this thread most think it's silly, or even stupid to follow very clear words.
31 posted on 11/08/2006 5:51:31 AM PST by DBrow
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To: Moonman62

Actually some serpent handling groups also drink strychnine mixtures.

I think many of these laws were instituted due to the proximity of the serpents to minor children.


37 posted on 11/08/2006 5:57:49 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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