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琳达朗( Linda F. Long)参加「东伦敦至善论派会」( East London Holiness Church)。该教会相信圣经说信耶稣的人能拿蛇而不受害,便进行仪式让教徒用手拿毒蛇。结果一个女教徒被咬伤,中毒身亡。又一因盲信圣经引起的悲剧!$ W: m1 b7 J+ ]6 v
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16:17 信的人必有神蹟随着他们.就是奉我的名赶鬼.说新方言.
$ t, E8 ~$ }6 M: A/ Y8 @ ?16:18 手能拿蛇.若喝了甚麽毒物、也必不受害.手按病人、病人就必好了。
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$ ?! s% X, x1 \6 `& m7 x* \Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06)
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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church2 K1 D1 \9 r% r* p
LONDON, Ky. (AP) ― A woman who was bitten by a snake at a church that neighbors say practices serpent handling died of her wounds hours later, a newspaper reported.
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3 T) a1 O& @4 D, q y, G+ LLinda Long, 48, was bitten Sunday at East London Holiness Church, where neighbors said the reptiles are handled as part of religious services, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Tuesday.8 X2 K9 l/ j H( X) {* j% C( F
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Long died at University of Kentucky Medical Center about four hours after being bitten, authorities told the newspaper.+ L, H& v. H6 \+ r2 b
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"She said she was bitten by a snake at her church," said Lt. Ed Sizemore of the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.# y0 [' H# R* a4 H4 W+ k& R
' h! D/ J' S7 E- VHandling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in Kentucky. Snake handling is a misdemeanor and punishable by a $50 to $100 fine. L) }! i D" U2 n
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Police said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.
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/ L! r1 m) h7 F/ I0 ?+ VSnake handling is based on a passage in the Bible that says a sign of a true believer is the power to "take up serpents" without being harmed.
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Church officials could not be reached for comment. |
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