信手能拿蛇，結果被咬死(2006)
琳達朗( Linda F. Long)參加「東倫敦至善論派會」( East London Holiness Church)。該教會相信聖經說信耶穌的人能拿蛇而不受害，便進行儀式讓教徒用手拿毒蛇。結果一個女教徒被咬傷，中毒身亡。
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 2006
Woman fatally bitten by snake in church
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.
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.
Long died at University of Kentucky Medical Center about four hours after being bitten, authorities told the newspaper.
"She said she was bitten by a snake at her church," said Lt. Ed Sizemore of the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.
Handling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in Kentucky. Snake handling is a misdemeanor and punishable by a $50 to $100 fine.
Police said they had not received any reports of snake handling at the church.
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.
Church officials could not be reached for comment.
Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press.
Woman fatally bitten by snake in church
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