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RE: Snake handling
June 9, 2012 at 10:26 pm
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Point of clarification: he was bitten by a venomous snake, as opposed to a poisonous one:
Quote:Poisons are substances that are toxic (cause harm) if swallowed or inhaled. Venoms are generally not toxic if swallowed, and must be injected under the skin (by snakes, spiders, etc.) into the tissues normally protected by skin in order to be toxic.
http://www.preservevenomous.com/Venom_Vs...Poison.htm
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RE: Snake handling
June 10, 2012 at 1:18 am
Is snake worship in the bible, or is this just one of things they made up as they went along?
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RE: Snake handling
June 10, 2012 at 1:25 am
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2012 at 1:28 am by Cyberman.)
It's all to do with signs of True Believers™ from (I believe) Mark 16, "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."
We can see how well that works out...
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RE: Snake handling
June 10, 2012 at 1:54 am
While I wouldn't necessarily condone such things, in the sense of "don't try this at home", it is the sort of thing that would qualify as a testable claim.
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