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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!# a2 }1 e+ h9 t) Z' c2 @, [
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$ ? m6 f- S) I+ O16:17 信的人必有神蹟随着他们.就是奉我的名赶鬼.说新方言." [* M9 B5 }, J" \4 @& ]
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。4 w* t4 t* ^$ @. d4 S4 m- c% O
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# U) b0 J# Y2 k+ P2 t, XWoman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06), C9 N4 N6 h* i
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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church
2 k( X$ b5 S) `$ r; U7 U+ lLONDON, 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.: k2 Y* J9 x9 U$ ?( j( w8 f$ C
6 d) N% X# F) ~0 B) ^; I6 H, a"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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* t1 t3 W5 J' e' ?+ JHandling 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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& j9 t6 T; Z) O) PPolice said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.
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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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