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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!
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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.
, J- e2 @& z+ h0 L8 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。. E+ v: f+ k, Z
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0 r2 b3 N: N3 ]; qWoman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06)) x$ d* U1 k' L, e) W: Z
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3 X1 S, y* W/ y% OLONDON, 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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7 F, t3 {, B# _& c0 J$ U7 |7 rLinda 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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+ ~/ ?# Z, c5 S- g8 \% VLong died at University of Kentucky Medical Center about four hours after being bitten, authorities told the newspaper.; l" b& R6 S* d& x5 d1 d! U
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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.8 x% I0 ~/ p- A! I, _. N) d
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! U# p/ B, B, D; q8 m) XPolice said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.4 _9 w0 L* k' `
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Snake 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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