Pastor using Snakes to prove faith in God gets bitten and dies

Veteran snake-handling pastor dies after bite

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia preacher who followed his father into the rare practice of handling snakes to prove faith in God died after being bitten during an outdoor service involving the reptiles.

http://m.apnews.mobi/ap/db_6776/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=S9iCt4er

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Well I guess that proves something.....rofl

get owned

Darwin awards winnerSteverXIII

>West Virginia

yup

I wonder how he's going to spin this one to keep the donations coming in?

:lol: I find this hilarious. +100 for the snake.

idiot.

I wonder how he's going to spin this one to keep the donations coming in?

Netherscourge

I think WV is the only state where its legal to do the snake charming thing. Its almost like a cult. They tried to outlaw it, but it was lost on appeal. As long as someone is voluntarily handling a snake, I dont have a problem with it. But I dont like that members of their congregation can get bitten as well. Some of those yokels may be unwilling.

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I wonder how he's going to spin this one to keep the donations coming in?

Shottayouth13-

Yea, but what if he faked it - and he does a mock ressurection of himself?

He could score of a lot of god-points with his congregation.

"I'm healed! Wait... Uh oh."

Thud.

:lol:

I know I shouldn't laugh at someone's death, but how stupid do you have to be? I work with toxic chemicals all the time, but you don't see me drinking them.

I guess God didn't have the same faith in him.

:lol: I find this hilarious. +100 for the snake.

T_REX305

I find these venomous replies disturbing.

You are not supposed to test god. What a joke of a pastor.

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:lol: I find this hilarious. +100 for the snake.

tenaka2

I find these venomous replies disturbing.

I lol'd so hard when I saw the article yesterday on Yahoo.

If there is a God, it was probably dealing with more important matters than helping this dude with his "magic trick" lol.

Natural Selection at work I guess.

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:lol: I find this hilarious. +100 for the snake.

sonicare

I find these venomous replies disturbing.

Indeed, they should scale down the humor a little.

[QUOTE="sonicare"][QUOTE="tenaka2"]

I find these venomous replies disturbing.

tenaka2

Indeed, they should scale down the humor a little.

[QUOTE="sonicare"][QUOTE="tenaka2"]

I find these venomous replies disturbing.

tenaka2

Indeed, they should scale down the humor a little.

Ahh come on guys, stop hissing and find the humour in it.

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[QUOTE="sonicare"] Yes. A lot of these posters are really showing their fangs.sonicare

Indeed, they should scale down the humor a little.

I'm glad I'm not the only one a little rattled by the callousness.

[QUOTE="sonicare"][QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Indeed, they should scale down the humor a little.

tenaka2

I'm glad I'm not the only one a little rattled by the callousness.

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[QUOTE="sonicare"] Yes. A lot of these posters are really showing their fangs.PiscesChick93

Indeed, they should scale down the humor a little.

Ahh come on guys, stop hissing and find the humour in it.

Humor? Someone has died, this isn't Monthy Python!

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[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Indeed, they should scale down the humor a little.

tenaka2

Ahh come on guys, stop hissing and find the humour in it.

Humor? Someone has died, this isn't Monthy Python!

*Bows head*

You're right, I feel so ashamed!!

In all seriousness though, shame the guy had died. R.I.P

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I just think that when certain posters slither about and make nasty comments, they just end up looking cold blooded.sonicare

I'm glad I'm not the only one a little rattled by the callousness.

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[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Indeed, they should scale down the humor a little.

tenaka2

Ahh come on guys, stop hissing and find the humour in it.

Humor? Someone has died, this isn't Monthy Python!

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Humor? Someone has died, this isn't Monthy Python!

tenaka2

In all seriousness though, shame the guy had died. R.I.P

PiscesChick93

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[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Humor? Someone has died, this isn't Monthy Python!

jesuschristmonk

Quoting has gotten mixed up there - weird, haha :p

Made me chuckle, too

[QUOTE="jesuschristmonk"][QUOTE="PiscesChick93"]

Quoting has gotten mixed up there - weird, haha :p

Made me chuckle, too

[QUOTE="PiscesChick93"]

In all seriousness though, shame the guy had died. R.I.P

jesuschristmonk

That I don't deny :P It was pretty stupid indeed!

I wish more people would be this joyous when people died rather than picking and choosing. So much hypocrisy.

I wish more people would be this joyous when people died rather than picking and choosing. So much hypocrisy.

freek666

Never test God.

Never test for God.

lowkey254

Fixed.

Even God says a bite from a poisinous snake can kill you -__-

Play with fire and you will get burned. It's sad that he died but what did everyone think was going to happen?

Let me just say this:

Expecting anybody/anything (EVEN if it's God) that you've never met, talked to, or have even seen to just randomly come to your rescue is incredibly stupid, whatever the case may be.

It's as if I was making a movie, and I was just expecting Bill Murray to randomly knock on my door and ask to be in it so it'd turn out better.

I do feel sorry for the guy, because if he set his mind more towards reality, he'd still be alive. I wonder if anyone tried stopping him, or if they just cheered him on, expecting the same results as him.

:lol:

I watched somthing on this. There a lot of churches that do these things.