Snake Cultists Bring Serpents to Alabama Church Service
A group of about six preachers from Kentucky visited a small Alabama church with rattlesnakes to rekindle faith among 250 congregants. They cite Mark 16 17 18 and say they would go to jail if laws against handling snakes conflict with divine law, arguing their actions follow biblical signs. The Alabama church had not practiced snake handling regularly until the visiting preachers arrived.
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Emmanuel Saylor
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Revivalists Rally With Ecstatic Snake Handling
A theistic revival unfolds in a church service with serpents drawn from boxes on a platform. Worshippers chant in tongues and shout praise as snakes are passed among men, then return to boxes before a healing and communal meal under a shade tree.
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Jesus
Joe Jackson
Heart Valve Transplant Patient Dies in Leeds
Violet Scott, 38, who received a heart valve from a dead man in a pioneering operation on August 28, died Friday in Leeds. Surgeons from the United States, Italy and Turkey watched as the Jamaica-born tailoress deteriorated after an initial recovery. A British Medical Association spokesman called it the first operation of its kind on record.
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Leeds
England
Violet Scott
United States
Italy
Turkey
British Medical Association
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