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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.+ N8 x& \1 V `8 c
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 b4 Q' x- i+ @" ?; Y2 m, Q
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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06)5 ^' Q% t2 d& r" e9 ?0 f# B
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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church
! H: e. w1 S% x! sLONDON, 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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5 Z. B4 f% A8 p+ u& ] [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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1 z, s+ d; K' J& z"She said she was bitten by a snake at her church," said Lt. Ed Sizemore of the Laurel County Sheriff's Office." w8 @1 I0 O( D6 |; X5 g' h; v
3 E) M* z8 Z% s2 E. E, n' q/ n4 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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) y, S2 t! c3 O- [4 VPolice said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church./ e4 I+ S/ r+ U7 s" C7 A
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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.- h8 w/ r1 K; U+ }( ~/ X- g
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Church officials could not be reached for comment. |
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