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UPDATE, 11:15 AM: With the first season fully filmed National Geographic had no plans for a second season of Snake Salvation, says a network rep. Now in the wake of Jamie Coots‘ death NatGeo is working up a special tribute episode “so people can understand Pastor Jamie and his method of worship and see that he died doing what he believed was his calling.” Here’s NatGeo on Coots’ passing:
Never understood the snake handlers. After all, Christ implores us in Luke "Do not put the Lord your God to the test."
Mark 16: 17-18: "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
That's why they do it. It is still legal in West Virginia, although most states where it was done have outlawed the practice, in spite of the 1st Amendment guarantee of freedom of religion.
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Mark 16: 17-18: "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
That's why they do it. It is still legal in West Virginia, although most states where it was done have outlawed the practice, in spite of the 1st Amendment guarantee of freedom of religion.
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