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Preacher dies after playing with snakes

"Mark Randall “Mack” Wolford was known all over Appalachia as a daring man of conviction. He believed that the Bible mandates that Christians handle serpents to test their faith in God — and that, if they are bitten, they trust in God alone to heal them.

He and other adherents cited Mark 16:17-18 as the reason for their practice: “And these signs will follow those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”"

Idiot, moron. Him and his stupid followers

"The son of a serpent handler who himself died in 1983 after being bitten"

Just a chip off the old block. Idiocy apparently runs in the family.
 
PottedMeat said:
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I'm reminded of a joke:

A man lives by a river. All his life he had put his faith in God. One day, a flood hits and the water starts rising. The water begins to rise to his waist, and a man comes by in a boat. "Hop in! the water's going to rise further!" Says the man in the boat. "No, thank you. I trust in God to save me!" Says the believer.

The water rises to the second floor of his house, and a raft comes by. "Join us! We'll save you!" "No need. God will save me!"

The water is now near the top of his house, he is sitting on the roof, and a helicopter comes by and lowers a ladder. "Grab on!" "I have no need for your helicopter, for God will save me!"

The water continues to rise, and the man drowns. He arrives a the gates of heaven, furious. "I've been a believer all my life, never questioning my faith. Why didn't you save me?"

St. Peter looks at him skeptically, "We sent a boat, a raft, and a helicopter. What more did you want?"
 
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He and other adherents cited Mark 16:17-18 as the reason for their practice: “And these signs will follow those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
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Why not just spike the koolaid with draino? Seems it'd be simpler.
 
Actually, you can drink venom, though it's not advisable. It's only dangerous if it enters the blood stream. So you can drink it, and barring you don't have any cuts and scrapes along your esophagus, mouth, throat and stomach, you'll just decompose the venomous proteins into harmless smaller components.
 
Hey preacher, God has a message for you. It's "buh-bye dumbass!"


You know, I think snake-handling should be a required skill for priests, preachers and evangelicals of all religious denominations. If you claim to speak for God and try to convince people that God will take of them you should put your money where your mouth is. If you can frolic in a pit of deadly snakes for a couple of hours and survive then perhaps you have credibility that an invisible man in the sky is going to protect the faithful. And if you die then God clearly didn't want you speaking for him. Let's see how many wannabe preachers have true faith and trust God as much as they claim other people should trust him.
 
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Two time Darwin Award Champs.

The son of a serpent handler who himself died in 1983 after being bitten, Wolford was trying to keep the practice alive, both in West Virginia, where it is legal, and in neighboring states where it is not.
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"There's a snake in my boot!"

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Mark Randall “Mack” Wolford was known all over Appalachia as a daring man of conviction. He believed that the Bible mandates that Christians handle serpents to test their faith in God — and that, if they are bitten, they trust in God alone to heal them.
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kevman said:
yikes...that snake is the last thing he saw before eternity...
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I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but you don't fall to the ground and die the millisecond a snake bites you. He had ~10 hours in this case before he finally kicked it.
 
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