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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!, F* j. P/ j# r+ V
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2 K1 S% t$ ]2 K, r+ B* `4 h* O8 j16:17 信的人必有神蹟随着他们.就是奉我的名赶鬼.说新方言.
8 d* t3 d1 P7 k9 I3 C5 B8 }16:18 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)3 t5 `! a$ Q. P$ h, k( u$ Y; g
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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.% Y1 T0 X( z3 }4 ^
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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.
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$ ^3 {6 [' _3 {0 j5 r& YLong died at University of Kentucky Medical Center about four hours after being bitten, authorities told the newspaper. t$ e3 {2 ~( M8 Z) _
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"She said she was bitten by a snake at her church," said Lt. Ed Sizemore of the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.
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- ^; j6 Y* y O$ |& L0 V3 x# \( mHandling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in Kentucky. Snake handling is a misdemeanor and punishable by a $50 to $100 fine.
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Police said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.# z$ n, u1 d4 V) S0 T9 o
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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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