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Pentecostal Snake Handlers in Appalachia - documentary bit

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"And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." --Mark 16:17-18 Serpent-handling as a ritual of faith. "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." --Luke 10:19 Prof. Tom Burton, the author of "Serpent Handling Believers", says "If you were there when they were not taking up serpents, or even during other parts of a service where they did, it would be like many other Pentecostal groups"...... "There is singing, preaching, laying on of hands, praying, testifying, and that sort of thing. It's kind of an expressive church service where people freely share emotions, a very participatory service like most Pentecostal services." George Went Hensley (1880-1955) - West Virginia - Holiness Practitioners - Holiness-Pentecostals

Channel: Education
Uploaded: January 16, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Author: SirMixItAllUp

Length: 09:07
Rating: 4.68
Views: 41122

Tags: Appalachia  Bible  charismatic  Christian  Crotalus  Ghost  handling  holly  Holy  Pentecostal  rattlesnake  roller  snake  

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Brettah31 (October 12, 2008 at 2:13 pm)
hahahhaa, i fuckin lol'd
julesenheimer (October 8, 2008 at 12:10 am)
This is Darwinian at it's best. Weeding out the insane one at a time. Beautiful.
RobLed (September 26, 2008 at 6:31 pm)
deez aint represunt all whit peeple!
Master1950 (September 26, 2008 at 4:48 pm)
These people are daring God to protect them... nut cases all of them.
Asarelah (September 25, 2008 at 11:43 pm)
I suppose that if everyone involved is an adult and is aware of the risks, then its their right to risk their lives. As long as the snakes aren't endangered and aren't abused, I guess.
HiImSteveDuh (September 24, 2008 at 9:52 pm)
poor snakes, you know they arnt being properly cared for. and i dont think its right, and those people are retarded.
bjobe1964 (September 23, 2008 at 10:58 pm)
I bet the snake-handlers far outnumber the poison drinkers. Let em set a jug of cyanide up on the podium and see how many takers they have.
GoatFaulkers (September 23, 2008 at 7:43 pm)
i always wondered what was wrong with white people!.
InfidelFromHell (September 23, 2008 at 2:09 am)
ok, this looks seriously crazy but at least they arent blowing themselves up to kill others in the name of Allah
pokerslut530 (September 20, 2008 at 7:10 pm)
HAHAHAHAHAHA he died... you couldn't write funnier or more ironic fiction. Then the dude comes on sayin "Yeah obviously the power of god was with him" -- no.. the power of venom was with him. That is why he is dead. rofl

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