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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!- \2 {$ C- w3 ?$ F5 A
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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.3 k( \+ z1 O8 m' Q) d( s 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。- x7 S( J% V% s" l! f
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0 O. L- r8 ^2 C3 HWoman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06)' _, q3 j$ t3 h/ U9 T0 ]' X
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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church) F9 s9 H0 @! ?& Z* h
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.. D! a+ z$ o4 q7 v% w7 W
6 L# I1 n G k' f"She said she was bitten by a snake at her church," said Lt. Ed Sizemore of the Laurel County Sheriff's Office., ]* o( U; p- A2 p4 v
! R; ?4 I9 m% Y, dHandling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in Kentucky. Snake handling is a misdemeanor and punishable by a $50 to $100 fine.
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" q0 N1 c) I$ z: j! o8 d# h# W0 gPolice said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.
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3 P9 {& |0 a' O) CSnake 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.# O, q7 _5 Z8 C+ R
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