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Arizona State Senator Leads Prayer In Tongues On Floor Before Abortion Ruling. (www.huffpost.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fuck's sake.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'd say that's to their credit.

Don't get me wrong, they're completely nuts, but at least they're consistent. Anyone who gets bitten doesn't have enough faith. Period.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

I have this great photo of some chubby kid with a tie that says JESUS holding a box of snakes someplace.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait so if I never bother to test myself because I'm not a pond-drinking moron, does that mean I have enough faith?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I'm not saying it isn't silly, but it comes from a specific passage in Mark 16-

16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

So Big J, who's also Big G, says that if you believe, you'll be able to walk around with snakes and drink poison and survive.

They're not so big on the poison drinking, admittedly.