I guess he could not get life insurance ?
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02/16/2014 10:57:56 AM PST by
SMGFan
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To: SMGFan
33 posted on
02/16/2014 12:58:34 PM PST by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: kingattax
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?
To: SMGFan; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
42 posted on
02/16/2014 3:00:57 PM PST by
a fool in paradise
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To: SMGFan
I guess he could not get life insurance ? If you like your snake, you can keep your snake. Period!
-PJ
48 posted on
02/16/2014 3:32:01 PM PST by
Political Junkie Too
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To: SMGFan
How sad. It reminds me of the story about the suicide bomber instructor that blew himself and many of his students to pieces.
50 posted on
02/16/2014 3:34:57 PM PST by
Conspiracy Guy
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To: SMGFan; mickie; pax_et_bonum; flaglady47
For decades and decades these evangelista snake handlers have insisted upon making asps of themselves by dying from bites.
Adder one more to the list.
Moral: You can moccasin, but you can't mock a poisonous snake.
Amen.
Leni
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64 posted on
02/16/2014 4:15:32 PM PST by
Georgia Girl 2
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How is that Sola Scriptura working out for you?
68 posted on
02/16/2014 5:16:43 PM PST by
verga
To: SMGFan
Why did it have to be snakes?
77 posted on
02/16/2014 6:06:23 PM PST by
Vaquero
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To: SMGFan
He knew what he was when he picked him up.
80 posted on
02/16/2014 6:22:56 PM PST by
Elsie
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To: SMGFan
Must have been an atheist snake that had never read the relevant Scriptures.
86 posted on
02/16/2014 6:29:13 PM PST by
ApplegateRanch
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To: SMGFan
Bob Jones of the not Bob Jones University #1, this Jamie Coots of the Lady of the Snakes #2, who’ll be the #3 Fundie Saint to go meet Harold Camping and Paul Crouch?
120 posted on
02/17/2014 11:12:36 AM PST by
Revolting cat!
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I’m sorry the man died. He seemed to be a sincere Christian but his beliefs were illogical. My prayers for his family and friends.
Surprised he died so quickly from a rattlesnake bite. Either anaphylatic shock or the snake got a large blood vessel.
Rattlesnakes have a place in the ecosystem - in forests keeping down rodent populations, not being handled by people who don’t know enough about them.
136 posted on
02/17/2014 6:04:13 PM PST by
ZULU
(Magua is sitting in the Oval Office. Ted Cruz/Phil Robertson in 2016.)
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