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07-07-2012, 03:37 AM
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| | Straight cash, homey...
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| Campbell County Snake Handlers
__________________ “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” Winston Churchill Quote:
Originally Posted by VOLS INC.  I'm glad my destiny was to be a Vol, because everything else is second tier. | | 
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07-07-2012, 07:11 AM
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| | Zoo Keeper
Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NC
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07-07-2012, 08:22 AM
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| | Not Guilty
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Diego, CA (Nashville 8/13)
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| 20 year pastor, father of 4? | 
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07-07-2012, 08:38 AM
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| | Laaayed Back!!!
| Prolly where 53 goes to church | |
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07-07-2012, 09:19 AM
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| | Oh Canada, GRAND PRIX!HAM
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Knoxville
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Originally Posted by San Diego Vol 20 year pastor, father of 4? | His wife is a snake handler.
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Originally Posted by therealUT If I fell in love with someone who then turned out to be a man it would not be a deal breaker for me. | | |
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07-07-2012, 09:20 AM
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| | Senior Member
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| Sounds like she does more than handle it | |
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07-07-2012, 09:21 AM
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| | Not Guilty
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Diego, CA (Nashville 8/13)
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Originally Posted by Nerd-Vol His wife is a snake handler. | Snake charmer | |
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07-08-2012, 01:24 AM
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| | Straight cash, homey...
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In the briar patch
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Originally Posted by Nerd-Vol His wife is a snake handler. | Sword swallower...
__________________ “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” Winston Churchill Quote:
Originally Posted by VOLS INC. I'm glad my destiny was to be a Vol, because everything else is second tier. | | |
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07-08-2012, 07:16 AM
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| | Zoo Keeper
Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NC
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Originally Posted by San Diego Vol Snake charmer | Rumor is she does the 2 snake boogie tifwiw. From what I understand her sister wouldn't. | |
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07-08-2012, 11:20 AM
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| I admire many of the old-time traditions of the South, and, especially Appalachia. That being said, to be perfectly candid, I'm an atheist. Regardless, I'm decently versed on the Bible and know that serpent-handlers get their inspiration from a passage or two that speaks of the true man of God taking up serpents. This, however, is a very misguided interpretation of that particular bit of scripture. The Bible also speaks of not putting the Lord to the test; to pick up serpents for the sake of picking up serpents is putting the Lord to the test. There is a conflict of interpretation here. Furthermore, I am saddened by the fatalist argument made by the young man who is interviewed. While I'm somewhat of a fatalist myself (although under very different pretexts), I don't see how someone can keep on doing something that caused the death of their loved ones. Christians argue for free will; however, this particular interpretation leaves no room for such a thing.
P.S. In my youth, when I was still a Christian (and a fairly zealous one at that), I attended my fair share of revival meetings. I recall one Youth Minister, in particular, who engaged in a "speaking of tongues" at one revival. Even then, as a relatively stupid 16 year old, I remember thinking "Who is this guy kidding?" He was really pulling one on those kids. He was speaking in complete gibberish, Pig Latin, you name it. While I'm not a language expert, and never have been, I'm fairly certain that was the case. I tend to have a good ear for distinguishing languages. And no, it was not Hebrew or Aramaic. This, however, is not to take away from the good-hearted and well-intentioned ministers I recall from my earlier years.
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07-08-2012, 11:34 AM
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| | Laaayed Back!!!
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07-08-2012, 11:35 AM
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| | Senior Member
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| Of course my county makes the news for this! | |
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07-08-2012, 11:36 AM
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| | Oh Canada, GRAND PRIX!HAM
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Originally Posted by VolsFan4Ever-11 Of course my church makes the news for this! | fify | |
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