I guess someone wasn’t a true believer!

Not to mention that she broke the law of the land, as did her entire crazy-ass church:

A southeastern Kentucky woman was bitten by a snake during a church service and later died, a law enforcement officer said. Linda Long, 48, of London died Sunday at University of Kentucky Medical Center, said Brad Mitchell, a detective with the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office.

Long died about four hours after the bite was reported, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.

Officials said Long attended East London Holiness Church. Neighbors of the church told the newspaper the church practices serpent handling.


Lt. Ed Sizemore of the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said friends went with Long to a local hospital Sunday afternoon, and she was taken to UK.

“She said she was bitten by a snake at her church,” Sizemore said.

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 reports about snake handling at the church.

Snake handling is based on a passage in the Bible, in the Gospel of Mark, that says a sign of a true believer is the power to “take up serpents” without being harmed.

Consider this to be one part Lords of Karma, and another part Jesus whacking his fans upside the head and telling them not to take the bible literally.

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One Response to I guess someone wasn’t a true believer!

  1. Slave Revolt says:

    And. Bina, rumor has it that this woman was…..pssst….(whispered quitely so as not to rile the fearsome rightwing gods)….a ‘democrat’.

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