Crazy Fundie Snake Handlers

The practice of snake handling and of drinking strychnine and other poisons, found in a few offshoots of Pentecostalism, find their Biblical support in Mark 16:18. These churches typically justify these practices as "confirming the word with signs following" (KJV), which references Mark 16:20.

-------------BUT WAIT!---------------

"The vast majority of contemporary New Testament textual critics have concluded that neither the longer nor shorter endings were originally part of Mark's Gospel. The longer ending had become accepted tradition by some in the second century. The Complete Gospels states: "The ending of the Gospel of Mark is a classic problem in New Testament textual criticism. The scholarly consensus is that Mark originally ended with the abrupt stop at 16:8. The earliest Patristic evidence (Clement of Rome, Origen, Eusebius, and Jerome) give no indication of any text beyond 16:8."

Maybe sombody should tell these nuts...

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[TequilaAndBurrito]

The Bible also says that snakes can talk.

So, show me a talking snake and I wil be impressed.

[masala505]

What a buch of ignorant, stupid, dumbfucks! The bible is full of shit!

[Aphoresis]

Yeah it says you SHALL take up serpents, but it doesn't say you SHALL drink deadly things, it says IF you drink any deadly thing.

[Ievolovel]

@ShmuelEhrlich Pretty fucking stupid. Born and raised in the bible belt myself. Help me.

[XManimal]

"Of course some of them are very illeducated"

I thought that was obvious of all fundies.

[Vajrasiddha]

I love it when they get bit, and then edit the video so that others won't doubt. You're a true Christian up until you're caught sinning. 2 Chronicles 15:13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. God likes to be worshipped, but Christians like to be worshipped more, that's why they preach his BS. It's Attention Whoring, that's all it is.

[mostLeeHarmless]

Don't blame the bible... it's just a book full of pornography and contradictory claims, and if some tool doesn't like one verse they can always call it a "metaphor" and go with another that supports what they want to think. But don't blame the bible, it's useful if you know how to use it; like if you run out of fire starter or toilet paper.

[wardenphil]

@masala505 Don't blame the Bible. Just like a tool, when used badly it will yield bad results.

[wardenphil]

@MrTomfooligans Some religious peple, if you please.......

[wardenphil]

Venomous snakes can bring you to the Lord really fast...if they bite you.