Comments on: Sunday Sermon

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:45:44 +0000

We could send them to Oz so they could kiss toads, raise spiders, or herd the platypus, but that’s not exciting enough for them.

It’s hard to credit how a religion based on the concept of love at its beginning can generate so many people dedicated to hatred and harm – even of themselves.

I’d forgotten about the poison drinking, FM. They didn’t do much of that down here, just the snakes.

By: Fallenmonk

Fallenmonk — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:43:34 +0000

I grew up around some of these people and I can certify from personal knowledge that Bryan is entirely correct… they are ‘f**king crazy’. They also drink strychnine to ‘prove’ their faith. I sometimes feel we should just let Darwin’s observations hold sway and leave them to their insanity the only thing is that they are harming perfectly innocent snakes.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:07:20 +0000

Nahhhh… If you read the Bible, you know snakes (or *serpents*) are the favorite form of Satan. So, these were obviously Satanists in Christian clothing. To paraphrase. 😉

Of course, Satan is not so obvious and according to the Bible, is extremely clever, so I personally think as you said Bryan, they are simply ‘f**king crazy’!

Only in America! 😉 😀

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:20:56 +0000

They keep dying from the bites, which is sort of amazing, actually, because with a minimum of knowledge the average adult won’t die as the result of a bite from a pit viper. They’ll be sicker than all get out, but even without an anti-venom treatment adults in normal health recover. I have to assume that part of the problem is working themselves up before they start handling the snakes, which increases their pulse and blood pressure, the opposite of what you want to do.

All bets are off if they are bitten, actually chewed, by a coral snake, which is a member of the cobra family. You need the anti-venom. I would note that coral snakes aren’t very fast and don’t have fangs. The normal incident involves people handling them. They have to do a little chewing to break the skin, but the venom is in their saliva and it doesn’t take much.

G-d or Darwin is culling the herd, take your pick.

By: mapaghimagsik

mapaghimagsik — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:02:20 +0000

Its God’s will they are so stupid.

“your role in God’s plan is to be the bad example. Enjoy.”

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:43:55 +0000

You could prove your faith by feeding and housing the poor, but I guess that isn’t exciting enough.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:22:43 +0000

Perhaps we could label the resulting process of thinning out common-sense challenged humans “unnatural selection.”

I like snakes well enough in their environmental niches, but these folks are just looking for trouble, and Kentucky law officers may be the least of the trouble they find.