LONDON, Ky. – 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.
But here is the part I found interesting . . .
Handling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in Kentucky. Snake handling is a misdemeanor and punishable by a $50 to $100 fine.
Why have snakes as part of a religious service?
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.
Nothing like breaking the law and paying for it. LOL
This may have been a recreation of history. No one knows what would have happened to Eve had she not eaten the apple.