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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!/ W) |+ r4 l9 b3 H) m; b7 W
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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.
2 c8 P- p# V0 m+ V# J' ]4 q16:18 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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, ?# S" H2 T! C" u, KWoman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06)4 T$ s- T& o! T3 z/ J5 L S% ~
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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church
- n) z0 j& H0 FLONDON, 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.2 A( {( b1 c- S6 c2 K. N& I
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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." N8 H' ~- Y; R* ^
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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 $100 fine.& R& z6 t, F0 t5 `; E: B$ Y4 y
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Police said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.( g) `7 `- e! }/ C1 e3 \
- l0 k+ p% } NSnake 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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