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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# y* l9 W0 A# A/ N% \0 U: a
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! n/ m. r7 k- P16:17 信的人必有神蹟随着他们.就是奉我的名赶鬼.说新方言.
) y4 q- G% C& b- ~' x- {6 Q }: 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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Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church (08/11/06)4 I: D& l* A. ]9 Q
- a8 `, ?; z/ a4 Q& N( N4 ]Woman Fatally Bitten By Snake In Church0 m, j. Y) C2 X4 a* t" d s7 b6 h
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.$ k s% j4 R0 L- |; k8 ]
& C7 t4 W+ D6 w& \) ?6 a1 c0 MLinda 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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; J! Z( L2 c2 U- d6 ~$ ZLong died at University of Kentucky Medical Center about four hours after being bitten, authorities told the newspaper.
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9 |; G: _" b5 a0 E# ?) {"She said she was bitten by a snake at her church," said Lt. Ed Sizemore of the Laurel County Sheriff's Office./ J3 X4 e0 J7 r: U9 d8 T
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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.2 L; O" `' S* I+ F% J7 b
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( r' Z; K4 a6 @1 F3 P+ [) TSnake 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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Church officials could not be reached for comment. |
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