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This dude is a snake handler. They are my favorite type of Christian.
They don't skip the verse about picking up snakes and drinking poison like all the other Christians do.
Since Mark 16:9-20 is not original to the Gospel of Mark there is little point in mentioning Mark 16:18 which mentions picking up serpents and drinking deadly poison. The practice of doing so is based on a later addition to the Gospel. There is another alternate ending to Mark as well. But you probably already know that.
Since Mark 16:9-20 is not original to the Gospel of Mark there is little point in mentioning Mark 16:18 which mentions picking up serpents and drinking deadly poison. The practice of doing so is based on a later addition to the Gospel. There is another alternate ending to Mark as well. But you probably already know that.
Yes. I think I first heard that from a Church of Christ kid in high school.
But since the Bible is often and repeatedly referred to as "the perfect book" and "inerrant" in its current form... with Mark 16:18 included. I consider it kind of silly that it is still in the text considering what you posted.
Or what you posted is silly considering it is still in the text.
But I certainly don't blame you for not picking up snakes regardless. .
This dude is a snake handler. They are my favorite type of Christian.
They don't skip the verse about picking up snakes and drinking poison like all the other Christians do.
In fairness, even fundamentalists agree that verse is in a passage at the end of the gospel of Mark that was a later addition and probably doesn't even belong there. Scholarship agrees with this. So when I was a fundie I never felt obligated to obey it as actual scripture.
I remember seeing some news program in the 90s about a snake-handling church that played loud rock music. They looked like they were really having a good time. Now that's more my kind of thing. But I won't watch any preacher on YouTube. Egad that'd be awful.
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