一女基督徒因相信圣经而被毒蛇咬死

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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．
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)

Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church
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.
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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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"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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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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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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( y9 M8 Y8 U+ q4 I% yChurch officials could not be reached for comment.

Susanxie

同情，好像圣经上也说不要去考验god.

[ 本帖最后由 Susanxie 于 2008-6-16 08:52 编辑 ]

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原帖由 Susanxie 于 2008-6-16 08:50 发表
同情，好像圣经上也说不要去考验god.

经上说，不可试探主，你的上帝

prouddolphin

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说新方言呢？怎么从来没听说过基督徒特别擅长说新方言？
( n; p1 e* B+ B: m生病呢？基本上没有人去故意生病吧？手按病人、病人就必好了？那么基督徒也不必看医生了吧~
竟然有这么250的，可怜的人~

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