Do some groups ACTUALLY do that? I'm not trying to make anyone look silly, in fact I'm probably the one who looks silly for saying this...but I think those are just stories or long-running jokes.
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Do a serach back there are pages and pages on this and no it is not stories last year in rosehill va. there was a pastor killed by snake bite in a church service it was on the news for days
"There are over 100 documented deaths from serpent bites," said Hood. "In every tradition, people are bitten and maimed by them. They risk their lives all the time by handling them. If you go to any serpent-handling church, you'll see people with atrophied hands, and missing fingers. All the serpent-handling families have suffered such things."
"It's a misconception that these people believe they won't get hurt," Hood explains. "The Bible says to take up serpents, not that they won't be bitten. If they're bit, that's up to God. The issue is obedience to God. There's no magic power type of stuff. They know the reality of it because so many families have had people hurt and killed."
Interesting cut and paste. No I don't handle snakes. LOL
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Well, I can't point you to PA, but in Eastern Ky if interested. By the way, I sure don't agree with it. My brothers in laws were big on it. But the father just about died 5 years ago. Most of the people in it, ain't the most stable in the world. He would go and preach at these things and then go back and hit on his wife and get drunk. He has kinda settled down.
An exact number is unknown due to the autonomy of each individual group, but estimates range between 1,000 and 2,000 total church members Snake handlers can be found as far south as central Florida,where i live,and as far west as Columbus, Ohio and as far north as West Virginia.
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Do some groups ACTUALLY do that? I'm not trying to make anyone look silly, in fact I'm probably the one who looks silly for saying this...but I think those are just stories or long-running jokes.
[blockquote]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" (Kimborough 1995, 14). [/blockquote]
[blockquote]Mark 16:19-20: "So then after the Lord has spoken unto them [Jesus' disciples], he was received up into heaven, and set on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following" (Burton 1993, 18). [/blockquote]
[blockquote]Luke 10:19: "Behold, I give unto you the power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over the power of the enemy: and nothing by any means shall hurt you" (Kimborough 1995, 14). [/blockquote]
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