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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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" N9 s9 U* @$ {! M( E16:17 信的人必有神蹟随着他们.就是奉我的名赶鬼.说新方言.
2 u/ H; b2 q" p5 K$ k: B16:18 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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# \' F+ n& d3 R& Y+ mWoman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06)
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7 P7 w3 b7 ^$ X' I$ {Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church
* _9 T3 T7 e4 K6 |7 @3 t- |2 [) WLONDON, 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.) J9 D( j( X- J3 u1 `5 @" X
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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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0 G' }2 D' ?& `$ \, {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 $100 fine.3 s+ u! n5 H! q; u- S/ F8 X
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Police said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.
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$ W% o4 V4 l% ?4 B0 O8 ^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.0 _% h) ^+ | r4 F6 S
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