Many of his associates had died from snake bites. He had lost a few digits, but he didn't stop believing, and he didn't stop handling snakes. Now, he's dead from a snake bite. I guess it was just his time. RIP snake handling man.
I wouldn't say that. All the poor guy was doing was trying to make a living handling snakes. We need some more decorum up in here.
W/out citations to back up your post...someone will surely call BS on this. They just will. That's how they roll. 
You can't trust a snake. You just can't.
They might act all like "its cool, I'm just chillin and slithering" but they are just looking for the flimsiest excuse to exercise those fangs.
Did the snake die too?
Will he inherit the TV series?
They might act all like "its cool, I'm just chillin and slithering" but they are just looking for the flimsiest excuse to exercise those fangs.
Did the snake die too?
Will he inherit the TV series?
Its not totally the fault of the snake.
Preacher man could have gone to the ER but NOooo.
Preacher man could have gone to the ER but NOooo.
Well, he knew it was a snake when he picked it up....
I know, I know, not all snakes will bite you, and you shouldn't group them all together, but let's face it, a lot of snakes do bite. I guess snakes like this one give the rest of them a bad name....
I know, I know, not all snakes will bite you, and you shouldn't group them all together, but let's face it, a lot of snakes do bite. I guess snakes like this one give the rest of them a bad name....
W/out citations to back up your post...someone will surely call BS on this. They just will. That's how they roll.
here's the story:http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/16/us/snake-salvation-pastor-bite/index.html
This cries out for sarcasm and ridicule, but this guy had real faith. He actually believed his god would save him from the effects of the venom. Gotta respect that, and gotta remember he left behind, I presume, a family. He certainly left behind a flock of churchgoers.
I hope these folks are comforted by their religion, and I hope this causes them to modify their practices. Handling snakes to prove the reality/mercy of a god indicates, to me, the need on the part of some to have tangible proof that He's there. If one needs miracles, his faith is weak.
I hope these folks are comforted by their religion, and I hope this causes them to modify their practices. Handling snakes to prove the reality/mercy of a god indicates, to me, the need on the part of some to have tangible proof that He's there. If one needs miracles, his faith is weak.
