GeeZis will....OOOPS !

[Douger]

A TRUE murkin.
Serpent-handling pastor profiled earlier in Washington Post dies from rattlesnake bite - The Washington Post

 

[Avatar4321]

Sad to hear, but what's your point?

 

[konradv]

Sad to hear, but what's your point?

I was thinking, the danger of fixating too much on one aspect of scripture.

 

[fred1369]

maybe they should start a religion based on "spilling seed".

 

[Mad Scientist]

God also makes a variety of poisonous plants grow, but a person with common sense knows to stay away from them.

 

[amrchaos]

Sad to hear, but what's your point?

The pastor "handled poisonous serpents" due to some statements found in the bible.


You know--

Mark 16:17-18
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
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.

Luke 10:19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

James 3:7
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:



I mean really. Who can believe such nonsense?