Posted on 02/16/2014 10:57:56 AM PST by SMGFan
We watched that series, these guys refuse all medical treatment if they are bitten.
There’s snack handler churches all over the coal fields of West Virgina.
I think he is in Purgatory for not saying his rosary and upholding the Holy Days of Obligation.
All this because some people don’t seem to understand the Jewish predilection for hyperbole.
Camels in the eyes of needles, moving mountains with the power of mustard seeds, planks of wood sticking out of eyeballs, swallowing camels while straining at swallowing gnats, picking up snakes...
Get. A. Clue. People.
The Knights of Columbus host pancake breakfasts.
Huge snake. Where did you get the great pic?
Never trust a snake, even if he works for a prestigious law firm.
According to the Lexington Herald_leader, Coots refused medical attention and transport to the hospital. It was at least the third time Coots was bitten by a poisonous snake.
Coots’ church was the site of a previous fatal snake bite in August 1995. Melinda Brown, 28, of Parrotsville, Tenn., died after she was bitten on the arm by a large rattlesnake.
After her death, police considered charging Coots with violating Kentucky’s law against handling snakes in church, but a judge said Coots should not be prosecuted for practicing his faith.
Brown’s husband, John Wayne “Punkin” Brown, 34, later died after being bitten by a rattlesnake in church in Alabama.
Kentucky outlawed handing poisonous snakes in religious services in 1940, but serious attempts to enforce the law ended decades ago because of reluctance by authorities to prosecute people for their religious beliefs
I guess he didn’t read the part in Mark that was later found out to be added. Added much much later.
I’ve heard most of those guys are relatively immune, having been bitten and nipped a few thousand times!
St. Alfonso’s Pancake Breakfast.
I guess the wavy potato chips can be the worst.
what ever you do don't let Boyd Crowder select the snake you're going to handle
I just now notice my error. LOL!
The “Oh sh!t” moment?
In the Book of Acts, St Paul was gathering wood for a fire and a snake bit him. The Inhabitants of the island felt sure that the snake bit him because he must have been guilty of murder (superstitious..the snake was in the woodpile and had been disturbed!). Anyway, Paul shook off the snake and continued building the fire. The Islanders then thought that Paul was “a god” because he didn’t swell up and die.
In the Gospel of Mark, some manuscripts have the line about deadly poison and snakes not harming the Apostles as they went forth to preach.
In my very humble opinion, NEITHER of these Biblical verses justify “Testing God” by handling snakes and deliberately drinking poison. The Bible is not to blame for the foolishness of humans, who in their hubris, “SHOW OFF THEIR FAITH” by testing God.
Meanwhile, in the Middle East, Christians are being slaughtered and Tortured by the thousands. Do any of these snake handlers have enough faith to GO THERE and stand with their brethren against the deadly venom that is Islam?
I like to skin ‘em and wrap the skin around my straw western hat.
Ooo...I bet that looks Cool!
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