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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!6 s( L1 }9 B( T" }- E8 D
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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.8 X. ^6 E6 ]- N$ @
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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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06)
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/ Z1 G" \6 c) J3 VWoman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church$ [# V5 o% g2 g6 {
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.! ?% M7 j7 L: L: [0 }( k; I
5 z. a7 S1 p9 ^0 K, J: ?Linda 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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Long died at University of Kentucky Medical Center about four hours after being bitten, authorities told the newspaper.
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1 W) h: T9 o- k% C# n"She said she was bitten by a snake at her church," said Lt. Ed Sizemore of the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.& l5 F R+ M: j
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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 $100 fine.
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Police said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.$ _; ~( y- j0 Y1 Q
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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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