Messing with a rattlesnake during a sermon
  • 802 points UnspeakablePudding

    And god put a rattle on the end of it in hope that your dumb ass wouldn't touch it

    parent
    155 points ForkMyRedAssiniboine

    Counterpoint: A misinterpreted Bible passage told me to do it.

    parent root
    10 points Adventurous-Dog420

    Rattle means life, right? Happy to see the world ❤️

    parent root
    24 points zach010

    You'd think that but he very specifically says believers will be able to do things like this.

    Mark 16:17-18 NIV [17] And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; [18] they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

    https://bible.com/bible/111/mrk.16.17-18.NIV

    Edit: but this is only in the ending of Mark's gospel that was added in the 2nd century. Mark must have forgotten.

    parent root
    9 points Pandemic_Future_2099

    They ripped off the following verse that said mrk 18.5 "Do not pay attention to the aforementioned verses, I am just being funny, don't drink poison, please have some common sense."

    parent root
    2 points maliron

    That or they skipped the intro. 'Please don't try anything you are about to read at home. The following is performed by a trained professional in controlled conditions."

    parent root
    7 points Gymrat76

    "Pick up snakes", didn't say nothing about after you get bitten lol

    parent root
    3 points zach010

    Gotta read the fine print

    parent root
    10 points bythenumbers10

    Forgotten for...around 200 years? Bro's got some longevity if he's adding to his gospel after that long.

    parent root
    9 points snoopervisor

    In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; [18] they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

    That sounds like a robotic doctor in near future, that can perform surgeries, it can handle snakes (breathing hoses, IV lines), has an automatic translator, uses mechanical arms to operate etc.

    parent root
    2 points Gumbode345

    Funny you’d mention this. Drinking the rattlesnake venom is not the issue. It’s getting it into the bloodstream. But hey, who’s counting right?

    parent root
    8 points hatschi_gesundheit

    heh

    parent root
  • 539 points odin_the_wiggler

    Went to a Christmas play at a Pentecostal church one time.

    Highly recommended, that was some wild shit.

    parent
    175 points shade-tree_pilot

    Are they the ones that speak in tongues and prophesy and roll around on the ground in fits?

    Got dragged to one of those once.

    Can confirm.. WIIILD shit.

    parent root
    78 points PM_ME_UR_SUSHI

    The one I grew up in was Pentecostal. They spoke in tongues but didn't flop around like those other "fake" Christians making a show of themselves. That would've been craaaaazy. Smh

    parent root
    22 points Tbplayer59

    That's where the phrase "holy rollers" comes from.

    parent root
    14 points smr312

    That was the name of my grandmas church league bowling team

    parent root
    3 points ProjectShadow316

    Also the name of the church's bowling team in The Simpsons.

    parent root
    21 points redkinoko

    They spoke in tongues but didn't flop around like those other "fake" Christians making a show of themselves.

    From an outsider's perspective, just "speaking tongues" is already a crazy thing to do in the name of religion man.

    parent root
    10 points jelloshot

    It is very bizarre. One of my friends was Assembly of God and invited me to her Friday night youth sermon. I was not religious but agreed to go since it was important to her. At first it was just a normal sermon until three of the leaders started speaking in tongues. More people followed and then everyone else was crying. I had never felt more uncomfortable in my life and kept staring out the door wondering if I should leave.

    parent root
    8 points aallqqppzzmm

    Why did you end the quote right before the part where they made it clear they were being facetious and then act like you didn't understand?

    parent root
    10 points redkinoko

    Because I'm stupid and missed the tone.

    parent root
    33 points Nwcray

    Once there was this kid who’s

    Parents made him come directly home right after school

    And wheeen they went to their church

    They shook and lurched

    All over the church floor

    parent root
    10 points Open_Librarian_823

    Hummm hummm hummmm

    parent root
    19 points SpunkyMcButtlove07

    He couldn't quite explain it

    They'd always just

    gooooone theeeeeere

    parent root
    7 points Truffleshuffle03

    One summer, a new guy moved down the street by one of my friends and kind of latched onto us and hung out with us for most of the summer.

    He was Pentecostal, and his mom, I guess, was very strict in that religion and believed things like TV were inviting the devil in, so he was not allowed to watch TV or listen to music. All things were into so He was always over watching TV and listing to music with us.

    My friend ended up going to his church with him once and told me I would not believe how crazy it was. He said they were throwing fits and rolling around on the floor, and he said the pastor would point in someone's direction, and they would start talking in tongues and stuff, saying it was so obviously being faked, and putting on a show.

    parent root
    4 points Ronin5rings311

    👍🏾 feels like you may or may not be in a living nightmare or really bad acid trip.

    parent root
    3 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

    parent root
    4 points Ronin5rings311

    My brother is into psychedelics and told me about some crazy story that he said where he was it seemed like everyone was doing the funky chicken. I like to people watch when I blaze so it could be fun too. Sit in the back and watch the show🤪😝😜

    parent root
    2 points kaiser_soze_72

    More like got drugged to one of those once.

    parent root
    2 points SinkHoleDeMayo

    I want to go to one while on shrooms, I'd probably piss myself laughing

    parent root
    58 points BrianTheEE

    Duuuude my friend was this religion growing up. Their church would always put out a little skate park things on Tuesdays and their only catch was you had to go to the service later that night if you used it.

    I would always give an excuse like I had to go home for dinner or something, but one time I was like "screw it. How bad could it be," and stayed.

    My goodness. It was the craziest shit I've ever experienced. I never went back.

    parent root
    16 points Asukah

    They’ll do anything except actually read their book and be kind. It’s a circus

    parent root
    15 points Parking-Bat9498

    Come on now. Don’t leave us hanging. Maybe just some highlights?

    parent root
    43 points odin_the_wiggler

    Well, it was actually pretty well produced. They had a big stage and the play had different scenes of, basically, fear mongering.

    There was one scene where (and this is all super believable, mind you) two construction workers were on their lunch break discussing accepting Christ as your savior. They're sitting next to this brick wall that they've been working on and it collapses and kills them both.

    The lights fade out, then fade back in to show the Pearly Gates, and Saint Peter and The Book of Life.

    The one construction worker who was pro-Jesus got into Heaven, the congregation was standing and applauding.

    The other guy was fucked. The lights went out and a guy dressed like the Devil popped up out of a box on the stage and dragged the unsaved construction worker straight to hell. There was all kinds of screaming and the lights were off for most of this part aside from a red light coming from the box.

    It was fucking amazing.

    parent root
    15 points whiteknives

    Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames. Pure, distilled 90’s Pentecostal fever dream shit.

    parent root
    2 points Jessie_C_2646

    Anything they work so hard to sell you has got to be pretty questionable.

    parent root
    7 points BostonSoccerDad

    In my head I just read your comment in Walton Goggin’s voice.

    parent root
    6 points Socal_Cobra

    parent root
    2 points Parking-Bat9498

    I consider that a compliment. Boyd “The Ghoul” Crowder.

    parent root
    2 points BostonSoccerDad

    He played some colorful characters

    parent root
    21 points Master-Illustrator-8

    Spent the night with a friend of mine back in 1990. His family took me to church with them the next day. Really was a wild time at a Pentecostal Church. Never been back to one since.

    parent root
    3 points RaymondLuxuryYacht

    I went to a Korean Pentecostal church in high school for some reason, I am neither Korean nor Pentecostal. It was wild. People speaking in tongues? Try Korean tongues.

    parent root
    3 points BlackStarCorona

    Went to a Christmas play at my uncle’s Baptist church. Highly would NOT recommend it. They put fruit in the jell-o, ruining two things I loved at once.

    parent root
    2 points Bananafoofoofwee

    I can second that.

    parent root
    2 points Work2SkiWA

    [Verse 3] 'Cause then there was this boy whose Parents made him come directly home right after school And when they went to their church They shook and lurched all over the church floor He couldn't quite explain it They'd always just gone there

    [Chorus] Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm

    Crash Test Dummies

    parent root
  • 566 points tenebre

    God may be a healer but he can't fix stupid.

    parent
    177 points mentaL8888

    One might say this is his way of fixing it.

    parent root
    46 points Powersoutdotcom

    Praise the lord!

    parent root
    17 points morto00x

    Hallelujah!

    parent root
    4 points Adventurous-Dog420

    Our Lord works in mysterious ways, child.

    parent root
    3 points mentaL8888

    Mysterious ways for sure but also predictable ways, like one of the very first warnings is about snakes and how they were the catalyst to our own eternal damnation. You think these people would read that part.

    parent root
    65 points triviaqueen

    So in my town some years ago there was a guy who was a member of this sort of church, re: "I don't need medical care because GOD will heal me!" One day he was digging out a basement for the home he was building and he got bitten by a rattlesnake. Did not seek medical attention because, God. The bite got infected, he did not seek medical attention because, God. The leg got gangrene, he did not seek medical attention because, God. He died. The end. TRUE STORY

    parent root
    14 points CrazyIslander

    The Aristocrats!

    parent root
    8 points SaneLad

    Perhaps God just wanted him dead.

    parent root
    37 points Open_Librarian_823

    It's like they don't read the actual Book:
    5Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:

    “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you,

    and they will lift you up in their hands,

    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ c ”

    7Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’

    parent root
    22 points The_Real_Flatmeat

    Wow, so the bible says "God exists" and also says "don't check"

    Gets you both coming and going

    parent root
    2 points Aron-Jonasson

    I would more interpret this as: "God will save you out of difficult/dangerous situations, but if you did it to yourself, or did it on purpose to test God, then God won't help you"

    parent root
    2 points Rkpkp

    So I don’t believe in the bible, but I do believe in God so maybe take what I’m saying with a grain of salt, but if I were an omnipotent being and one of my creations was like “yeah I’m gonna jump off this cliff, you got me on that, right big man?? 😉” I’d just shake my head and start thinking about the talking to he’d get in the afterlife for being such a dickhead

    parent root
    4 points 4mystuff

    She can. She don't.

    Yes, I know the correct form is "she doesn't." But we're all friends now and no need to be formal. Or correct.

    parent root
    5 points St34thdr1v3R

    I mean they say he created this stupid dude

    parent root
    3 points kratomboofer27

    Dudes father actually died like 2-3 months before this happened because the same thing.

    parent root
    9 points blackop

    God said, come and see me bub.

    parent root
  • 91 points Olieskio

    no step on snek

    parent
    15 points rramrram

    Idk man. There was a hillbilly Mario helping him in the end, I think he steps on sneks for a living

    parent root
  • 154 points ItsAGoTakeEmDown

    some folk'll never get bit by a snake, but then again some folk'll....like this pastor, the slack jawed yokel

    parent
    9 points ebolashuffle

    Damn, I can hear this comment, banjos and all

    parent root
  • 81 points sykora727

    Did he die?

    parent
    159 points shrinkflator

    No but his dad did. Stupid runs in the family.

    https://www.thestate.com/living/religion/article216995475.html

    parent root
    92 points YeyVerily96

    He's a snake handler but obviously does not respect them at all. I bet that snake was freaked tf out

    parent root
    59 points notasandpiper

    Snakes don't tend to have very good hearing, so to a point, noise simply doesn't bother them. This guy is really pushing that by screaming at the top of his lungs into a microphone, while holding the snake at noon instead of ten and two, and also constantly raising it up and down like he's not sure if he wants to put it on a high shelf or not.

    There's a lot going on here that the snake probably isn't thrilled about.

    parent root
    20 points TIL_eulenspiegel

    There's a lot going on that the snake doesn't understand but he's trying to participate anyway...

    parent root
    17 points notasandpiper

    The snake was trying to yes-and him

    parent root
    7 points shrinkflator

    They forgot to pay him so he went off script.

    parent root
    4 points Elrundir

    "The guy kept talking about God, I was just trying to reunite them!"

    parent root
    9 points SpunkyMcButtlove07

    What snakes do REALLY well though, is vibration and smell - and boy, i bet the air was thick, musky and shaking in that there house of brayers prayers, son.

    parent root
    2 points Anomalagous

    Yeah, I can't imagine a rattlesnake likes the Tower of Terror feeling any more than I do, which is Not At All Thank yOU.

    parent root
    11 points ShiraCheshire

    I feel bad for the snake. Rattlesnakes are so polite, they have a built in "Hey back off I don't want to bite you but I will" alarm.

    parent root
    18 points oddisgood88

    Funny it reads "Coots was attacked by the snake" when clearly he was the one attacking. The snake was just rightfully defending itself.

    parent root
    6 points SpunkyMcButtlove07

    "That tiger went tiger!"

    parent root
    16 points FrankDrebinOnReddit

    No. The bite happened in 2014 (there are links to it if you Google his name, Cody Coots). He was still alive as of the documentary release, which was in 2018.

    parent root
    16 points Responsible_Bad_2989

    These types of Christian’s are dangerous to everything around them 💀

    parent root
    4 points longshot21771

    Yes I think he actually did. His dad died the same way years ago

    parent root
    7 points maxblockm

    Link?

    Rattlers aren't usually fatal... (1 in 736)... But I guess he could have been that 1. Or borrowed his buddies super deadly variant or something.

    parent root
    10 points Pratius

    They’re not usually fatal, but also people aren’t usually bitten on the head lol

    parent root
    6 points bigbootybrunette90

    Or ignore the bite for an extended period, trying to act casual until the effects could not be denied.

    parent root
    2 points SpunkyMcButtlove07

    Bite to the head, injuring the meninges, is not a fun thing.

    parent root
    6 points trinitrotrollin

    Died the same way?was he seriously also preaching a sermon while slinging a poisonous snake around like an idiot?

    parent root
    6 points ForkMyRedAssiniboine

    I mean, when you're preaching in a place that has been dubbed "The Snake Church", the odds of dying the same way seem less surprising.

    parent root
  • 35 points Interesting-Emu5954

    Nothing culty going on here…

    parent
    11 points LebronBackinCLE

    The people chanting gibberish in the background, gotta love it

    parent root
  • 117 points Mild-Ghost

    Fuckin’ psychos.

    parent
    68 points Brownie-UK7

    Can you hear them “speaking in tongues “ in the background? These people are demented.

    parent root
    14 points energyvampire1

    He really committed to the bit.

    parent root
  • 19 points SQLDave

    The dildo of consequence rarely arrives lubed.

    parent
    3 points i-Wayfarer

    Best comment ever, so wise

    parent root
    2 points SQLDave

    Saw it on reddit, immediately adopted it.

    parent root
  • 13 points dryfire

    Don't worry, it bit him on the head... He doesn't appear to have anything vital going on there.

    parent
  • 44 points FunnyShirtGuy

    Gods will

    parent
    5 points QuietudeOfHeart

    I hear in cases of legitimate snake bikes, the preacher’s system completely shuts down.

    parent root
  • 24 points MisanthropicDonkey

    Well by the look of it he will be able to take it up with him in about an hour

    parent
  • 11 points awesomesauceitch

    This guy, Cody Coots is still alive. His dad Jamie Coots died from the same scenario in 2014.

    parent
  • 10 points Cookiewaffle95

    He sounds like hes doing really well there at the end of the

    parent
  • 29 points mymorningjacketoff

    Whats hilarious is that the preacher's dad died from the same thing. Finally, a religious tradition i can get behind

    parent
  • 6 points Efterklangarn123

    Let's hope he's one of those that "don't believe in medicines"

    parent
  • 6 points negativeoxy

    Fun fact: The "longer ending of Mark", the part that talks about how Christians will be able to handle snakes and talk in tongues, it is not found in our earliest Greek manuscripts. Mark originally ended with the women leaving the tomb and "... they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid." So there are people getting bitten by snakes and speaking gibberish in Appalachia because of a verse some random scribe threw in the bible while translating it.

    parent
  • 5 points goonie_lover

    All these people will come back next Sunday still believing in those BS despite seeing it con right before their own eyes. Love to hear how they will rationalize it.

    parent
  • 5 points DEADFLY6

    More!!( clap, clap) MORE!! DO IT AGAIN!!

    I hate long lines at the bank. Crowds at the superbowl. Traffic jams.

    I wonder if he went to a prayer hospital or a medical-science based hospital for treatment.

    Anyways....hell yeah! Thin the herd! Pray it away buddy! Hell, ill even pray with ya!! God's got ya! I dont wanna see you wearing seat belt either.

    parent
  • 7 points Apostasyisfreedom

    The snake is the smartest one in that room.

    parent
  • 4 points double-k

    Morons. All of them. Would be good if Darwin could do more good work here.

    parent
  • 10 points BalanceEarly

    The serpent for the win!

    parent
  • 8 points Young_Sliver

    Cultists are weird

    parent
  • 7 points International-Look-3

    Get a tourniquet around his neck. Stop the venom spreading.

    parent
  • 12 points StarsCanScream

    God gave you a brain. Use it.

    parent
  • 5 points Ronin5rings311

    And the Snake SaiiDdaa!!! I’m a Fuckiing Snake-aaa! And I’m going to fuck you upppaa!!! With the powers vested in me from my creator!!! I think you’re going to meet him soon nnaaa!

    parent
  • 3 points youre_not_going_to_

    Damn wasn’t even a full house.

    parent
  • 3 points trickyprodigy

    They didn’t have antidote on deck what were they thinking? I guess you’re playing a snake so you’re probably not thinking.

    parent
  • 3 points BP_1981

    This is probably in east Tennessee, Virginia or Kentucky. I've known people that do this and it's illegal in all states. It's still done but in an underground kind of way. I had a distant cousin die from messing with rattlesnakes in church back in the early 2000's. It's all because of a verse in the Bible that says they shall take up serpents.

    parent
  • 3 points Deathturkey

    Where’s PETA when you need them

    parent
  • 3 points austinpai

    Stupid people pray for stupid god. So simple

    parent
  • 3 points no_anesthesia_please

    Organized religion never ceases to amaze me

    parent
  • 3 points Liquid_heat

    Eons ago, I dated a girl that attended a church like this. She has been asking me to join her at church for weeks. So I finally obliged

    First time I saw that snake handling and the "speaking in tongue BS" I got the hell out of there. I was also the only male of dark skin in there and that freaked me out.

    parent
  • 3 points eklasse

    He will see his god soon

    parent
  • 3 points IndustrialPuppetTwo

    So that means he's full of sin right?

    parent
  • 7 points PhillyPete12

    Darwin wins again

    parent
  • 8 points Fianorel26

    Fuck these people and their fucking death cults.

    parent
  • 5 points Ferunando

    Watched the full documentary on YouTube (12 minutes long). Everyday I thank I wasn't born at some hole in the USA with these crazy gringos

    parent
  • 4 points iamnotyourdog

    Not even the good lawd can fix stuupid

    parent
    3 points EngineerMasterDiver

    But Darwin can

    parent root
  • 5 points donredyellow25

    Oh come on, keep praying. That will save him, hospital are woke.

    parent
  • 5 points Puzzleheaded_Bath_86

    Didn't this guy die?

    parent
  • 5 points Trauma_101

    i will never understand the stupidity of religious people

    parent
  • 2 points shadeshift

    Big dum dum

    parent
  • 2 points Specialist-Area-7935

    Hurry Jesus get the snake bite kit. I control none of my own destiny. The snake is my guide. I will follow anything other than common sense, logic, self awareness or independence. I give you my life for I have no grasp of it. Nitey nite my lord see you in a few. Or not.

    parent
  • 2 points Senator_Bink

    Dude's going to have to wear colors that go better with blood.

    parent
  • 2 points Malinois_beach

    They should have started playing Drowning Pools, "Let the bodies hit the floor!"

    parent
  • 2 points Korova_Milkbar_3829

    Snake oil salesman

    parent
  • 2 points InLoveWithTheMoon

    Doesn’t he die?

    parent
  • 2 points Flame_Beard86

    Where's your god now?

    parent
  • 2 points Mr-Nihilist

    Dealer: your showing a pair of 2s That guy: All in!

    parent
  • 2 points purplemeth

    Idk what in the fuck is going here, but it’s really hard to feel bad for someone screaming in a mic carrying around a rattlesnake thinking that was a good idea, painfully stupid & annoying. Rip to him though, at least im guessing. Also this is definitely giving incredibly strong cult vibes.

    parent
  • 2 points smaximov

    Hope the snake is ok.

    parent
  • 2 points Cartur69

    is the rattlesnake alive ☹️

    parent
  • 2 points Nevadaman78

    If what your saying needs a sideshow to keep them in their seats, then your message is weak and lacks true content.

    parent
  • 2 points ShotWeekend4911

    His fate is not pure, that why he lost...let next one try

    parent
  • 2 points justthegrimm

    Strange how a preacher would choose a snake seeing as they don't get the best writeup in his bosses book

    parent
  • 2 points Eldanosse

    Jesus cured him of his non-snake-bittiness.

    parent
  • 2 points blubaldnuglee

    This guy actually survived. A snake did kill his father prior to this, though. https://www.thestate.com/living/religion/article216995475.html

    parent
  • 2 points ediciusNJ

    Mental illness is a bitch.

    parent
  • 2 points Tommygunn504

    I wonder if the doctor that dosed his anti-venom is named God....

    parent
  • 2 points forevarabone

    Got what he deserved

    parent
  • 2 points rofocales

    They should do this more often.

    parent
  • 2 points StockBoy829

    by god's grace a doctor somewhere figured out how to make anti-venom. Let's use that instead of praying the snake away

    parent
  • 2 points MustardPump

    This is the most metal thing I've seen today.

    parent
  • 2 points MrGallows75

    “I believe god’s still a healer!” - - “Blech, wretch, gag, blech, spits blood!!!”

    parent
  • 2 points somesortof

    Disgusting to abuse and animal like this. The loud noise, the terrible handling. I wished they believed that treating 'the creation' this way would be a ticket to hell.

    parent
  • 2 points investinlove

    And then they ran to the hospital for Post-Enlightenment medical treatment.

    This universe operates exactly as expected if no gods existed.

    Brave until they have a chance to 'go to heaven', then they fight with all their might to stay alive.

    parent
  • 2 points Z0FF

    People spouting lies and spreading incompetence like this should be denied medical care. Leave them in god’s hands

    parent
  • 2 points ZombieLebowski

    This is god's will.

    parent
  • 3 points Bartnellie

    Didn't have enough faith

    parent
  • 3 points 0fiuco

    i wonder, if there's really a god, if he ever looks down and thinks "what did i do wrong? why do all the idiots believe in me and the smart one don't?"

    parent
  • 5 points Tr3wN8ive_9537

    Cultism at its finest.

    parent
  • 3 points skydiver1958

    Snake one-asshole 0.

    parent
  • 4 points WordplayWizard

    If there is a god he’s got an awesome and twisted sense of humour.

    parent
  • 4 points Allroy_66

    So, did he stick with his belief that God is a healer? Or did he go to a hospital to be treated by science like a heathen?

    parent
  • 4 points Remarkable-Worth-303

    Darwin 1, God 0

    parent
  • 3 points rlymeangurl

    I guess it was God's plan to not give him anitvenom for blood and go to the hospital

    parent
  • 3 points illDiablo69

    These Borat films keep pushing the boundaries.

    parent
  • 4 points Living_Awareness259

    I think he missed the part where Jesus said, "don't test God."

    parent
  • 2 points Leniatak

    Well this guy is (or was) a believer. No doubt about it

    parent
  • 2 points YT_ToxicNinjaGaming

    I can’t believe those podunk snake churches are still around. Crazy shit

    parent
  • 2 points realrichieporter

    Snake oil salesman gets bitten by the snake

    parent
  • 2 points Terrebonniandadlife

    Then he dies and claims God's plan.

    There's no way out with these people

    parent
  • 2 points Supadoopa101

    It's sad to know that this could happen to anybody, anytime, for any reason. Nothing could have been done to prevent this.

    parent
  • 2 points ShotNixon

    That’s a lot of blood for an ear injury

    parent
  • 2 points Deep_shot

    Don't worry gods a healer!! But its gonna fucking suuuuuuck until that happens!

    parent
  • 1 points Koseoglu-2X4B-523P

    Why do these nutjob pastor videos always come from the US?

    parent
    2 points ForkMyRedAssiniboine

    If you're specifically referring to the snake thing, it's likely because many of the venomous snakes in the area tend to have pretty good temperaments and aren't very aggressive, so a decent snake handling grifter can perform a good amount of flim flam before something like this happens. As someone in another post on the same topic said, there's a reason you don't see people doing this in Africa or Australia.

    parent root
  • 2 points MyrKnof

    Rofl.. His father died of the same thing? Why are people still there?

    parent
  • 1 points focusandbelieve

    It's just not that necessary to do all this. Cult-like behavior, just calm down, it's okay to have some normal sermons.

    parent
  • 3 points elbunts

    There was more blood than trumps ear and that was only a snake!

    parent
  • 1 points doozer27

    He did survive FYI.

    Google Cody Coots

    parent
  • 1 points Besonderein

    Gotta respect the commitment

    parent
  • 1 points longshot21771

    https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/s/umnY90GpE5

    parent
  • 1 points Due-Mirror-8316

    My catholic upbringing was that bad after all. Yikes

    parent
  • 1 points Open_Librarian_823

    My guess is this poison in the kind that disrupts blood clotting factors making you bleed internally and tissue rot.

    parent
  • 1 points HoseNeighbor

    He was hoping for a non-envenomated bite so he could pretend that's proof of whatever.

    parent
  • 1 points Mind_Bullets

    If you want a more nuanced view of this religion than theyre just dumb crazy people.

    The Alabama Astronaut Podcast by Abe Partridge is an amazing listen.

    https://alabamaastronaut.com/home

    parent
  • 1 points skulleyb

    God hates guy

    parent
  • 1 points freundlichschade

    Natural selection at work.

    parent
  • 1 points cndn-hoya

    That lady speaking in tongues sure was helping

    parent
  • 1 points Glazing555

    Church of the Dumbass

    parent
  • 1 points CaptorRaptorr

    Meanwhile at your local church:

    parent
  • 1 points Horbigast

    There had to be someone with bib overalls involved here

    parent
  • 1 points jabsaw2112

    I approve of this video.

    parent
  • 1 points akkredditalt

    he should continue this and meet with God 😂

    parent
  • 1 points Gunrock808

    I'd make some flippant remark about natural selection but these idiots always turn out to have kids.

    parent
  • Hacker News
    • Top
    • Best
    • New
    • Ask
    • Show
    • Jobs
  • beta Hugging Face
    • Posts
  • Reddit
    • r/programming
    • r/technology
    • r/science
    • r/news
    • r/gaming