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Archae

(46,337 posts)
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:09 PM Jul 2015

It's happened again...

Fanatical fundy idiot snake-handler gets bitten, dies.

You know, if someone jumped off a skyscraper after yelling "God will save me," we consider them to be idiots. At best.

So why are these ditwits allowed to pull this?

Another Snake-Handling Christian Dies After Snakebite (and Refusing Medical Help)

July 29, 2015 by Hemant Mehta 77 Comments

In February of 2014, Pastor Jamie Coots of the snake-handling “Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name” church in Middlesboro, Kentucky (and one of the stars of the show “Snake Salvation“) died from a snakebite. It’s possible he was merely injured from the snakebite and what tipped him over the edge was a million people saying “I told you so.”

And now it’s happened again with another Kentucky-based snake-handling church-goer:

A man died after being bitten by a snake he had been handling during a church service in Bell County on Sunday.

John David Brock, 60, of Stoney Fork, was bitten on the left arm while handling the snake at Mossy Simpson Pentecostal Church in Jenson, according to the state police.

Brock refused medical treatment and went to his brother’s home, where he died.

http://www.kentucky.com/2015/07/28/3963159_man-dies-from-snake-bite-at-church.html?rh=1

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/07/29/another-snake-handling-christian-dies-after-snakebite-and-refusing-medical-help/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=friendlyatheist_072915UTC050716_daily&utm_content=&spMailingID=49207215&spUserID=MTE4MTY1MzAzMTE5S0&spJobID=723869028&spReportId=NzIzODY5MDI4S0

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It's happened again... (Original Post) Archae Jul 2015 OP
He may not have believed a word Darwin wrote Lee-Lee Jul 2015 #1
we should thank him for improving... dhill926 Jul 2015 #2
And, in Memoriam to Pastor Brock, the following musical tribute COLGATE4 Jul 2015 #3
 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
1. He may not have believed a word Darwin wrote
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:17 PM
Jul 2015

But his life serves as a great example of how Darwin was right.

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