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When I saw the thread title, 'stupidity' was honestly the first word that I thought of that truly killed him.

 

My brother-in-law(wife's brother) knew Mack Wolford personally. He even had him as a FB friend. They worked together in North Carolina at a Burlington Denim factory in Mooresville before my wife and I started dating. When the factory shut down, both moved back to WVa, and he joined that church that eventually killed him.

 

The curse.

 

satan's little hand puppet

 

Arrogance is heart issue and cannot be educated out of a person.

 

I reckon why Tennessee banned snake handling was one time Sissy Amy was in a meeting and timber rattler and two cottonmouths bit her. Those in attendance never saw such anguish...it broke the congregant's heart watching three innocent snakes dying such cruel deaths..:smilewinkgrin:

 

Me thinks....

....that your opinion of seminary is over-rated, or stretched a little further than it should be. It doesn't take a seminary class, let alone a semester in seminary, to recognise the childish behavior or that playing around with something as deadly as a snake is something a sound and sane man, woman or child should not be doing!

Total disregard for nature and the powerful recourse of not paying due respect of the creatures that God put upon this earth is what killed that man. Not the lack of a seminary class.

Although, I will say this ... you should be the front man for a seminary, as you may recruit some folks who need to learn what this man didn't know: Snakes with venom, KILL!

Even if you have all the faith in the world, tempting God or fate will one day catch up with you and put you under the ground!

God bless you Luke! This is merely my opinion, and I do respect where you are coming from! :applause:

 

I heard their deaths were actually a relief to them. I heard that, their fangs rotted and fell out, they squirmed, writhed in pain, turned green, and then died. I'd be ashamed if I was you Sissy. A hoe to the back of head would been more humane than what you did to them. Rumor has it that snakes in Tennessee run the other way when they see you now. :laugh: :flower:

 

bravo, Amy.G, well said, and to the point.:thumbs::applause:

 

Think he died due to misunderstand/bad interpretation of the passage at end if the Gospel of mark!

And he didi not need seminary, just someone to show him valid rules on how to study and apply the Bible!

 

Right, what killed the guy was his own stupidity. Everything else is conversation. The guy was a fool.

 

I'm not getting what you are saying. There are many grade school educated, satanists and occultists that would not pick up a poisonous snake. What the pastor did was tempt God while not using the common sense He gave him. It had nothing to do with seminary, languages, etc.

Using your logic, based on your determinism you have gained from seminary, languages, etc., it would reason one could walk across the freeway blindfolded and leave the results of it up to God as everything has been determined beforehand.

 

THAT kind of determinism would not be of Yahweh though, more akinto Allah of islamic faith!

 

Oh, ho ho ho.......ha ha ha ......Touche, a little Jujitsu move on a Wednesday morning......I LIKE IT! :thumbs:

 

YOU CAD; I should challenge you to a duel sir! That sister is a flower of the South & I will not have you sully her reputation ....even in jest.

I shall make allowances however, noting your probably drinking som dat WV River Water as of late. Trust me, coming from NJ, you done never ever want to drink da water.:laugh:

Snowballs @ 10 paces :tongue3:

 

I told this story sometime back, but a couple of years ago, on a mission trip to Eastern Kentucky, I walked up to one door the was unique to say the least. This guy answers the door, and asks me to wait a minute. He came back with a box that contained a rattlesnake. Anyway, he says "lets see how strong your faith is, stick your hand in this box." My reply......"good day sir, and have a nice life."

To me, this has nothing to do with education. It has to do with a basic understanding of Scripture and common sense. To be honest, I do not know why anyone who would consider handling a snake or participating in a service that handled snakes who be allowed to walk around in society.