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Post by tattuchu » Wed May 30, 2012 11:23 pm

Bye, bye, dumb shit.

"A West Virginia Pentecostal pastor who used poisonous snakes during religious services has died of a rattlesnake bite. "

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Re: dumb shit dies

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed May 30, 2012 11:26 pm

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed May 30, 2012 11:26 pm

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Post by Faithfree » Wed May 30, 2012 11:47 pm

Seems to be genetic ...
Wolford was the son of a snake-handler preacher who died of a snake bite when Wolford was 15.
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Post by tattuchu » Thu May 31, 2012 12:09 am

Faithfree wrote:Seems to be genetic ...
Wolford was the son of a snake-handler preacher who died of a snake bite when Wolford was 15.
That's the gem of the article right there. These dumb shits don't learn nuthin', do they?
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Post by FBM » Thu May 31, 2012 1:44 am

I guess his faith wasn't strong enough, after all.
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Post by Robert_S » Thu May 31, 2012 2:06 am

FBM wrote:I guess his faith wasn't strong enough, after all.
He must have been an atheist like us then. If he would have been strident and militant, he'd probably still be alive today.
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Post by FBM » Thu May 31, 2012 2:49 am

Robert_S wrote:
FBM wrote:I guess his faith wasn't strong enough, after all.
He must have been an atheist like us then. If he would have been strident and militant, he'd probably still be alive today.
I gotta work on being more rabid...
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Post by amused » Thu May 31, 2012 3:22 am

I feel sorry for the snakes.

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Post by Robert_S » Thu May 31, 2012 3:28 am

amused wrote:I feel sorry for the snakes.
Don't worry. They can't hear so as far as they know it's just ordinary levels of human stupid.
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Re: dumb shit dies

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu May 31, 2012 11:45 am

FBM wrote:
Robert_S wrote:
FBM wrote:I guess his faith wasn't strong enough, after all.
He must have been an atheist like us then. If he would have been strident and militant, he'd probably still be alive today.
I gotta work on being more rabid...
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Re: dumb shit dies

Post by mistermack » Thu May 31, 2012 12:24 pm

It's pretty loony. But to me, it's no more weird than rock-climbing. Or lots of other things where people risk their lives.

The Isle-of-Man TT motorbike racing is on this week, and most years, you get three or four deaths.
But people still do it.

And I eat too much fat and too much salt, because I'm a reckless daredevil.

And in a way, he HAS proved that there is a god, because he's handled poisonous snakes all his life, without getting killed (till now). All this proves is that god takes time off for a cup of tea now and then.
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Post by Azathoth » Thu May 31, 2012 12:26 pm

Wolford was bitten on the thigh when he sat next to the rattlesnake during the service. He was taken to a relative's home to recover,
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Post by Robert_S » Thu May 31, 2012 2:46 pm

Again: If you get bit by a snake and your faith don't make you well, you might be an atheist. :biggrin:
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Re: dumb shit dies

Post by Coito ergo sum » Thu May 31, 2012 2:47 pm

The logic of this thread is a bit serpentine.

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