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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!* |1 V w! r3 z5 V# {1 S
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7 l: d& U3 l2 O. ~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.
2 ~ N H# j( O0 D16:18 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。2 F3 z9 x* h6 n1 ?3 b4 G7 |
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' w- S3 D1 _$ h& QWoman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06)9 Z1 R3 o2 k- y; Y6 [! Q# R$ W
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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church
2 M; i% L5 r4 Y8 l ]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./ z2 C/ s( F; g3 k3 m5 o
4 U. {6 }' \0 zLinda 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.
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2 g) }7 t8 l5 V. F4 \ pLong died at University of Kentucky Medical Center about four hours after being bitten, authorities told the newspaper.
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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.
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% t$ k$ p6 A2 u* e& xHandling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in Kentucky. Snake handling is a misdemeanor and punishable by a $50 to $100 fine.$ \; c) Q/ q: x' e/ b
, q7 p, W7 [5 _Police said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.
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1 ~# e8 ?) \) q6 R4 oSnake 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., }# V2 e/ q, b- [
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Church officials could not be reached for comment. |
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