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I'll just add that if you believe we were all created by God, then you have to figure he (or she) also gave you a brain for good reason...to use!
The way I see it, those "snake handlers" are disrespecting the lives they were given, not to mention wildlife.
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Re: Kentucky Pastor nearly died after snake bite...
Originally Posted by pretends2bnormal
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I didn't notice that it said what he got bit by, so I wonder what it was. ....
I don't think the article said what the snake was. From the pictures, I'd say it was a timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus. As rattlers go, timbers are pretty middle of the road regarding size, amount of venom, venom toxicity, irritability, etc. Timber rattlers and copperheads are the usual venomous snakes used in those ceremonies because they are native to the area and easy to catch. There would be a lot fewer of those religious snake handlers if they used diamondback rattlers (big and irritable) or mojave rattlers (high venom toxicity).
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Re: Kentucky Pastor nearly died after snake bite...
Originally Posted by paulh
...There would be a lot fewer of those religious snake handlers if they used diamondback rattlers (big and irritable) or mojave rattlers (high venom toxicity).
I know, I keep hoping they'll move to diamondback or Mojave green country,
They don't seem to use cottonmouths either & those are local for them... They're not so deadly but pretty cranky.
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I just realized there is one good thing that comes from this. It proves that these snakes aren't out to get people. I mean look at all the crap they put up with before lashing out.
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look at this guy's passion. he's even bleeding all over the place.
story: https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/ra...would-save-him
Rattlesnake attacks pastor who thought Jesus would ‘save him’
(YAHOO) — Even if you have found yourself in the hollers of the Appalachian Mountains, you still may not have come across one of America’s snake-handling churches. While it’s estimated that there are about 125 churches that use snakes during their sermons, most are tucked away in rural areas and serve small congregations that have been involved in the churches for generations.
The churches use the venomous snakes to show their devotion and trust in God, and are inspired by the biblical verse in Mark 16:17-18, which reads: “And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
These types of churches aren’t usually in the public eye — except when a pastor is bitten.
Cody Coots is a fourth-generation snake-handling pastor at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus’ Name church in Middlesboro, Ky. In a new documentary, “My Life Inside: The Snake Church,” which premiered on Friday on the YouTube channel Barcroft TV, Coots is seen holding a snake during one of his sermons, which generally has 14 parishioners in attendance each week, when the serpent suddenly bites his ear.
His father, Jamie Coots, was 42 years old when he was handling a rattlesnake at the church in 2014. He was bitten on the hand and died “within probably 10 minutes,” according to Cody.
In the documentary footage, Cody continues to preach as blood rushes out from his ear. He tells his congregation to “keep playing” their music. “I’m not worried at all,” he says. “God’s a healer, I’m not worried.”
Then, Cody begins to choke and asks to be taken to the mountaintop, where he says God will decide whether he lives or dies. Instead, a man named Big Cody carried him out of the church and drove him to the hospital.
Doctors told Cody that he could have been “killed,” as the snake was close to severing his temporal artery. He is reportedly reevaluating his life after the incident.
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And people go to that church why?????
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Re: Kentucky Pastor nearly died after snake bite...
Originally Posted by MR Snakes
And people go to that church why?????
I guess they are on the same Insanity level as the pastor
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Re: Kentucky Pastor nearly died after snake bite...
Originally Posted by Jellybeans
I guess they are on the same Insanity level as the pastor
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And some of them have been "marrying" cousins (or siblings or parents) for a couple generations...
If they want to see if God will save them, why don't they just jump off a tall building & see if they float down? Leave the poor snakes out of it!
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Re: Kentucky Pastor nearly died after snake bite...
I agree!
Buncha idiots
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
And some of them have been "marrying" cousins (or siblings or parents) for a couple generations...
If they want to see if God will save them, why don't they just jump off a tall building & see if they float down? Leave the poor snakes out of it!
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