some people are so ignorant

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Originally Posted by bsd13

The funny thing is that the word serpent in the Bible has nothing to do with snakes or dragons or anything else our modern culture tries to tell us.

In Genesis the serpent is actually "nâchâsh" and it means basically "a created being that enchants" How that became serpent and/or snake I have no idea. There are some variations to that translation (shiny created being the enchants for example) but none of them have anything to do with a snake.

The Biblical verse people like this take to mean they can literally pick up venomous snakes without being poisoned speaks of being able to face and stand against venomous lies (enchantment) without being harmed. It has nothing to do with handling snakes physical snakes. It's a spiritual statement.

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One place I think these people get this from is in Acts 28 where Paul is bitten by a viper and doesn't die.