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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!: V/ d& S) j4 ~0 A4 m2 C
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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.
7 i5 x9 ^5 }0 A16:18 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。$ ~7 H3 D4 _ s1 E q2 I
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" l/ b% |8 t5 s% E) J7 A- d8 k" X' vWoman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06)
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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church% \4 v( u- R7 B! U2 m( w, J
LONDON, 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.' _* L; V6 [8 _; b
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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.' q7 p b4 y' n/ o4 I8 ]2 J
|1 T( t% T" I- Z" [1 B* ~Long died at University of Kentucky Medical Center about four hours after being bitten, authorities told the newspaper.! `" F' V m- k5 q
( Q( X: L8 o+ M1 Y5 J) o6 F3 B"She said she was bitten by a snake at her church," said Lt. Ed Sizemore of the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.% u* S3 {% z- Y" C! E
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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.
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Police said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.
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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.
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