Some people are a little "out there"

Wow!!! Maybe the sting was God's way of reminding those people not to put Him to the test.;)

Very laughable! If he had used them all in his church services, I'd say I am amazed that he hasn't gotten bitten even once! Maybe he had some power or so! LOL!

It just shows that some pastors or religious people need extra curricular activities to augment their earnings! Having said that, they are not bullet proofed nor perfect and just as human and as ordinary as some non-church going people, pretending to be holy when they are full of BS!

Unfortunately, churches that engage in that behavior give all Pentecostals a bad name. We believe in the Acts of the Apostles and their gifts, but we don't do anything like what those churches do. We try to use common sense. We also know that God can take away gifts or refuse to let you use them at any time He wants, so we have to make sure if we try to use them, it's according to His will. I also feel sorry for the poor snakes that have to put up with people handling them like this.

How crazy is that? Big time crazy! So if someone dies of a snake bite, it is to say they had not enough faith.... all I can say is Hmmmmm... and

to me it is reay crazy a d yes they should all read your quote'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' " Matthew 4:7.

"You can purchase anything off the Internet except common sense," Harrison said. "A venomous snake isn't a pet. You don't play with it. If you do, you're an idiot." This is so true. In my opinion only a fool would mess with these poisonous snakes. I guess that some people just need to rest their faith to see if they really do believe. Besides as you said it's not nice to test God.

The snake handling sect of Christianity is so dangerous that it use to be illegal in some places. It represents how dangerous and stupid it is to take literally the actual exact words of ancient holy texts. It does not matter if these old ancient holy texts are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddist, or something else. That was then and this is now. Fundamentalists wanting to guide their lives with words from hundreds or even thousands of years ago need to use some common sense.

You say, a little out there?? These people are four cans shy of a six pack. It is just foolish to think that God would want to test your faith by you risking your life. This is not using wisdom. I have seen a lot of that stuff and other things that people do in the name of religion. If the God that I serve required me to do that, I would not want to serve him at all.

Hi estherlou! Those are all deadly snakes and I don't think I will be joining any religion that has snakes with their service. Yikes! That is really crazy! I do think that it is very dangerous to be near those venomous snakes even if they are in glass cages.
Take care and God Bless!

I have seen these people on Tv and it is totally taken out of context.They take that scripture complelely wrong..I know the scripture is in the Bible and it is talking about Gods protection around the children of God..They think it means to actually pick up snakes,and that is not what that means...Some people take everything literial and cannot tell right from wrong,they are just off on the deep end...The Bible also says that Gods people are of a sound mind,and picking up snakes does not sound sane to me...