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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!) D7 d- k/ B/ K# i
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& W" a) e u) u& X5 Z. S16:18 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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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06) X, E' g, i4 u) I
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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church- `: m# V5 _' v" ~6 _; v Y$ C
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.! T/ y- Y3 B) b% Y, }9 q
3 e8 d, X: D* E! c) XLinda 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.2 F* r! W, }/ T' I7 E6 h* V
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Long 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.6 {' W) Y, E# N- ~6 Q# U. t( J" X( w$ V
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Handling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in Kentucky. Snake handling is a misdemeanor and punishable by a $50 to $100 fine.$ |" j3 L! u- u- b
5 H+ R" q6 h# k% f. ^Police said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.! N# ]; h4 k* x) \
( P+ i- f* i/ Y( N. N9 c# kSnake 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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