In Jesus' Name: Taking Up Serpents

[consapente89]

Wait....does Chris smoke pot??????? That explains something!!!

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by consapente89

Wait....does Chris smoke pot??????? That explains something!!!

Yah think?

[Esaias]

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by consapente89

Wait....does Chris smoke pot??????? That explains something!!!

No. I don't "smoke pot". I've discussed medical cannabis at length, and explained that yes, I did try some once in Amsterdam at a place called Barney's. This gives the peanut gallery the fodder they need to propagate lies. This is the kind of lie that is libel, and frankly, a revelation on who is a liar and who is not, seeing that I was just being honest about a past experience.

You can't believe a word they say. It will always be an exaggeration and distortion.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Aquila

No. I don't "smoke pot". I've discussed medical cannabis at length, and explained that yes, I did try some once in Amsterdam at a place called Barney's. This gives the peanut gallery the fodder they need to propagate lies. This is the kind of lie that is libel, and frankly, a revelation on who is a liar and who is not, seeing that I was just being honest about a past experience.

You can't believe a word they say. It will always be an exaggeration and distortion.

Chris, when was the last time you smoked? Was the last time when you were in Amsterdam?

[Bro Flame]

Originally Posted by houston

In February or March I was listening to old time song services online. Watching some of them, something was off, just didn’t sit right with me. They looked like holiness folk. I listen tontrinitarians song often, so it couldn’t be that.

Lo and behold, in each video that didn’t sit right, they began to handle snakes.

I would imagine that I would signal something off, too.

[Bro Flame]

Originally Posted by Esaias

They won't rebuke you for not taking up a snake. Those who want to handle go up front and git r done. Those who don't stay in the pew area.

I was only teasing.

But in saying that, my Pastor's daughter once told me of a time they visited a snake handling church. She said she remembered that there was something along the lines of a "Wall of Shame" where pictures of those hang that had died from snake bits. Those, of course, that lacked the faith they needed.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Holy Roller

I was only teasing.

But in saying that, my Pastor's daughter once told me of a time they visited a snake handling church. She said she remembered that there was something along the lines of a "Wall of Shame" where pictures of those hang that had died from snake bits. Those, of course, that lacked the faith they needed.

Anyone who had been bitten and died are not thought to be in sin.
They believe it was just their time to die.

[houston]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Anyone who had been bitten and died are not thought to be in sin.
They believe it was just their time to die.

So it was pics of the great cloud of witnesses...

[Bro Flame]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Anyone who had been bitten and died are not thought to be in sin.
They believe it was just their time to die.

That could very well be true in some cases, but certainly not in all. I'm quite sure there are some groups out there that believe if a believer dies after handling a snake that they lacked the faith they needed.