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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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' H& a: U$ S- G- v( V* E$ m3 h16:17 信的人必有神蹟随着他们.就是奉我的名赶鬼.说新方言." h0 X/ Z% ]. P; @- Y
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。, z* y- o# t4 u
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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06)
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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church
$ C; H7 K/ a& G$ @; q, S" c: eLONDON, 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.# y; N3 v- n% e4 X
6 j; |! P! y8 F% J9 h- tLong 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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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.. x; K: f2 X r* _! J* v! t( d
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Church officials could not be reached for comment. |
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